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ELCA NEWS SERVICE

June 12, 2000

JUSTMAN NAMED BISHOP OF ELCA EAST-CENTRAL SYNOD OF WISCONSIN
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     CHICAGO (ELCA) -- The Rev. James A. Justman, Appleton, Wis., was
elected June 10 to a six-year term as bishop of the East-Central Synod
of Wisconsin of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA) during
the synod's assembly at the Paper Valley Hotel, Appleton.  On the fifth
and final ballot, Justman received 249 votes to 174 for the Rev. John W.
Meachen, Good Shepherd Lutheran Church, Wausau, Wis.
     The Rev. Carmala K. Aderman, assistant to the bishop, ELCA
Northwest Synod of Wisconsin, Rice Lake, and the Rev. Nancy I. Amacher,
Messiah Lutheran Church, Marquette, Mich., were also considered on the
assembly's fourth ballot.  There were 84 names on the first and
nominating ballot.
     For six years, Justman has been the associate with the Rev. John
C. Beem, 65, bishop of the ELCA East-Central Synod of Wisconsin.  Beem
plans to retire July 31 at the end of a six-year term to which he was
elected in 1994, succeeding the Rev. Robert H. Herder as bishop.  Beem
announced his retirement plans at the synod's 1999 assembly.
     Born in Oshkosh, Wis., Justman, 44, is a graduate of the
University of Wisconsin, Oshkosh, and Wartburg Theological Seminary,
Dubuque, Iowa.  Ordained in 1983, he served as pastor of Zion Lutheran
Church, Appleton, and Our Savior's Lutheran Church, Oshkosh.
     The bishop-elect and his wife Vicki, a second-grade teacher in the
Appleton Public School District, are the parents of three boys.
     Justman will be installed as bishop on Nov. 18 at a location to be
determined.
     The ELCA East-Central Synod of Wisconsin includes more than
101,000 Lutherans in 147 congregations in 20 Wisconsin counties.  Synod
offices are in Appleton.

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