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ELCA NEWS SERVICE

August 17, 1999

ELCA ASSEMBLY RECEIVES SLATE OF CANDIDATES
99-CWA-12-LGJ

     DENVER (ELCA) -- The Nominating Committee of the Evangelical
Lutheran Church in America (ELCA) offered the voting members of the 1999
Churchwide Assembly a slate of nearly 200 nominees for 93 positions --
11 on the ELCA Church Council and 82 positions on ELCA boards and
committees.  Those elected at this assembly will serve into the next
century.
     The churchwide assembly, the chief legislative authority of the
ELCA, is meeting Aug. 16-22 here at the Colorado Convention Center.
There are more than 2,500 people participating, including 1,039 ELCA
voting members.  The theme for the biennial assembly is "Making Christ
Known: Hope for a New Century."
     "We looked at 550 nominees and matched their qualifications to the
representational principles required for each position, including
experience and expertise, geographical, synodical and age distribution
considerations," said the Rev. Kirk W. Bish, chair of the ELCA
Nominating Committee.
     Nominations were sought in November 1998 from the 65 synods of the
ELCA, synodical officers, unit board chairs and executive directors,
members of Church Council and members of the nominating committee.

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