The Rev. Timothy R. Oslovich, Vernon, Conn., was elected April 27 to serve a six-year term as bishop of the Alaska Synod of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA). The election took place during the synod assembly, April 26-28, at Gloria Dei Lutheran Church in Anchorage.
The Rev. Meghan Johnston Aelabouni, Jerusalem, was elected April 27 to serve a six-year term as bishop of the Rocky Mountain Synod of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA). The election took place during the synod assembly, April 25-27, at the Embassy Suites in Loveland, Colo.
The
Church Council of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA) gathered at
the Lutheran Center in Chicago, April 11-14. The council, which serves as the
ELCA churchwide organization’s board of directors and interim legislative
authority between meetings of a churchwide assembly, carries out its work in
support of the ELCA’s priority areas of being a welcoming church, a thriving
church, and a connected and sustainable church.
Building on a shared vision for gospel-centered
hospitality and inclusion, Episcopal Migration Ministries (EMM) and AMMPARO,
the migrant ministry of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA), have
entered into a partnership to better train and support asylum-seeker sponsors.
The Conference of Bishops of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA) added its voice to concerns about international and domestic situations during its meeting Feb. 27-March 5 at Eaglewood Resort in Itasca, Ill. The conference is an advisory body of the ELCA that comprises 65 synod bishops, the presiding bishop and the secretary.
We, the members of the Conference
of Bishops of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA), consistent
with our church’s social teachings, stand in full solidarity with people of
faith who respond to God’s call to serve their neighbor.