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ELCA NEWS SERVICE

May 1, 2000

KANOUSE NEW BISHOP OF ELCA NORTHERN TEXAS-NORTHERN LOUISIANA
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     CHICAGO (ELCA) -- The Rev. Kevin Scott Kanouse, 46, Advent
Lutheran Church, Arlington, Texas, was elected bishop of the Northern
Texas-Northern Louisiana Synod of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in
America (ELCA) at its assembly April 28-30 at the Marriott Quorum Hotel
in Addison, Texas.
     Kanouse was elected April 29 on the fifth ballot, receiving 201
votes to 174 for the Rev. Wayne L. Menking, executive director of The
Ministry Development Center, Arlington.  The Rev. Samuel D. Zumwalt Jr.,
St. Martin Lutheran Church, Austin, Texas, was also considered on the
fourth ballot.  About 50 names were on the first nominating ballot.
     "The bishop must provide the vision, the consistency of message,
inspiration and motivation," Kanouse told the assembly, describing how
he hoped to equip and strengthen the synod's congregations and clergy. 
"But first I must listen to the parishes and respond to what I hear."
     Kanouse will succeed the Rev. Mark B. Herbener, 68, who plans to
retire at the end of June.  Herbener was first elected bishop in 1987,
when three Lutheran church bodies merged to form the ELCA, and re-
elected in 1991 and 1994.
     Born in Berwick, Pa., Kanouse graduated from Susquehanna
University, Selinsgrove, Pa., and Lutheran Theological Seminary at
Gettysburg, Pa.  Ordained in 1980, he served as pastor of St. Paul
Lutheran Church, Penryn, Pa., before he was called to Advent in 1983.
     The Northern Texas-Northern Louisiana Synod includes 37,655
Lutherans in 117 ELCA congregations across 258 counties in northern
Texas and 26 parishes in northern Louisiana.  The synod office is in
Dallas.

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