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[FRANK_IMHOFF.parti@ecunet.org (FRANK IMHOFF)]

Outgoing editor receives a standing ovation

DENVER, United States of America/GENEVA, 25 August 1999 (lwi) - By an
overwhelming vote, the 1999 churchwide assembly of the Evangelical
Lutheran Church in America elected the Rev. David L. Miller editor of
The Lutheran magazine of the ELCA.

According to the ELCA's news and information service, ELCA News, Miller
was elected on 20 August by more than 96 percent of the assembly which
met in Denver from 16 to 22 August, a vote of 900 to 34. Miller, 46, is
currently senior editor of The Lutheran. He will assume the editor's job
on November 1 1999, succeeding the Rev. Edgar R. Trexler, who is
retiring after 34 years with the monthly magazine of the more than 5.1
million-member ELCA.

In a presentation to the assembly, Miller reviewed some of the stories
he has covered during his 12 years with the magazine. "The Lutheran
magazine is an answer to prayer," Miller said. It is a telescope helping
the church see further, a microscope helping it see in greater detail.
It is my hope that I can continue to help us see and hear each other and
faithfully participate in the life-giving mission of the One whose love
has captured us," he remarked.

Trexler, who turns 62 this year, announced last January that he would
not seek re-election when his term expires on 31 October 1999. In
remarks to the assembly that drew a standing ovation, Trexler noted this
was his 17th consecutive assembly. He was elected to the editor's post
eight times, including years he served as editor of the magazine for the
Lutheran Church in America, a predecessor church body.

The Lutheran has a circulation of 625,000, making it the largest
denominational periodical in the United States of America.

(The LWF is a global communion of 128 member churches in 70 countries
representing 58 million of the world's 61.5 million Lutherans. Its
highest decision making body is the Assembly, held every six or seven
years. Between Assemblies, the LWF is governed by a 49-member Council
which meets annually, and its Executive Committee. The LWF secretariat
is located in Geneva, Switzerland.)

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