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Metropolitan Chicago Synod Chicago (IL) Yehiel Curry [54] 69,073 [55] 171 [55] Northern Illinois Synod Northern Illinois: Stacie Fidlar [56] 57,139 [57] 143 [57] Central/Southern Illinois Synod Central & Southern Illinois: S. John Roth [58] 34,956 [59] 121 [59] Southeastern Iowa Synod Southeast Iowa: Amy Current [60] 79,208 [61] 136 [61 ...
The Rev. Greg Busboom, pastor of St. John's Lutheran (ELCA) Church, will be installed bishop of the synod serving central and southern Illinois.
The Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA) has seven seminaries: Lutheran School of Theology at Chicago (Illinois) Lutheran Theological Southern Seminary (Columbia, South Carolina): merged with Lenoir–Rhyne University; Luther Seminary (St. Paul, Minnesota)
The Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA) is a mainline Protestant church headquartered in Chicago, Illinois. The ELCA was officially formed on January 1, 1988, by the merging of three Lutheran church bodies. As of December 31, 2023, it has approximately 2.79 million baptized members in 8,498 congregations. [3]
The ELCA does not have dioceses in the usual sense. However, its "synods" increasingly closely resemble a diocese in all but name, particularly since the decision in 2000 to appoint all new bishops within the historic apostolic succession, with the laying-on of hands by at least three current bishops.
Slovak Zion Synod, exists as one of 65 synods of the ELCA; Synod of the Norwegian Evangelical Lutheran Church in America; Synod of Evangelical Lutheran Churches, exists as SELC District of the LCMS; United Evangelical Lutheran Church; United Lutheran Church in America (1918–1962) United Norwegian Lutheran Church of America
The Evangelical Lutheran Synod of Illinois, often referred to as the Illinois Synod, was created in June 1846 when the Evangelical Synod of the West divided due to growth. It held its first convention in Hillsboro, Illinois, on October 15, 1846. [1] The Illinois Synod joined the Evangelical Lutheran General Synod of the United States of America ...
The ELCA has schools which are part of the Network of ELCA Colleges and Universities while the Lutheran Church–Missouri Synod has the Concordia University System. Other denominations such as the Wisconsin Evangelical Lutheran Synod, Evangelical Lutheran Synod, Church of the Lutheran Brethren, also have their own colleges and universities ...