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ELCA NEWS SERVICE

August 24, 1999

ELCA ASSEMBLY ELECTION RESULTS
99-CWA-67-LJG

     DENVER (ELCA) -- Voting members of the 1999 Churchwide Assembly of
the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA) chose a total of 93
people to serve on the ELCA Church Council and on 11 churchwide boards
and committees. Those elected at this assembly will serve six-year
terms.
     The churchwide assembly, the chief legislative authority of the
ELCA, met Aug. 16-22 here at the Colorado Convention Center.  There were
more than 2,500 people participating, including 1,038 ELCA voting
members.  The theme for the biennial assembly was "Making Christ Known:
Hope for a New Century."
     The Nominating Committee originally presented a slate of 196
nominees. Voting members added 34 nominations from the floor for
positions on ELCA Church Council, the boards of the ELCA Division for
Congregational Ministries, ELCA Division for Ministry, ELCA Division for
Outreach, ELCA Division for Higher Education and Schools, ELCA Division
for Church in Society, ELCA Division for Global Mission, ELCA Publishing
House, ELCA Board of Pensions, and the ELCA Nominating Committee, ELCA
Committee on Discipline and ELCA Nominating Committee.
     On the first ballot, 64 people were elected; on the second ballot,
29 people were elected in runoff elections.  Here are the results:

     ELCA Church Council:
     Karl D. Anderson, Neenah, Wis.
     *Linda J. Brown, Moorhead, Minn.
     Mark Buchheim, Tulsa, Okla.
     Rev. Jonathan L. Eilert, Wooster, Ohio
     *Rev. Kirkwood J. Havel, Midland, Mich.
     Ghassan "Gus" Khoury, Chicago, Ill.
     Ellen T. Maxon, Hartland, Wis.
     Rev. Michael G. Merkel, New Haven, Conn.
     Rev. Diane "Dee" H. Pederson, St. Cloud, Minn.
     Rev. Kim R. Taylor, Tucson, Ariz.
     Janet Thompson, Eagan, Minn.

     Board of the ELCA Division for Congregational Ministries:
     Fran Burnford, North Hollywood, Calif.
     Michael E. Krentz, Emmaus, Pa.
     Virginia A. Knueppel, Norcross, Ga.
     Rev. Steven T. Kruse, Scottsdale, Ariz.
     Robert F. Mueller, Wyoming, Ill.
     Rev. Jeffrey L. Schock, Latrobe, Pa.
     Rev. Robert H. Shoffner, Hickory, N.C.

     Board of the ELCA Division for Ministry:
     Lynn Hassinger Askew, New Brunswick, N.J.
     Rev. Jean Bozeman, Newport News, Va.
     John E. Dellis, Seguin, Texas
     Rev. Robert J. Karli, Austin, Texas
     Rev. Mary P. Lund, Apple Valley, Minn.
     Mary J. Mikulski, Harlan, Ind.
     Michael J. Root, Columbus, Ohio

     Board of the ELCA Division for Outreach:
     Rev. Linda Boston, San Jose, Calif.
     Rev. J. Elise Brown, New York (Bronx), N.Y.
     Deborah R. Joncas, Newark, N.J.
     James R. Judy, Greenville, Pa.
     Ardith Senft, Phoenix, Ariz.
     Ronald J. Solimon, Albuquerque, N.M.
     Jan Weness, Adams, Minn.

     Board of the ELCA Division for Higher Education and Schools:
     Rev. Linda J. Kraft, Stafford Springs, Conn.
     Jennifer N. Peterson, New Braunfels, Texas
     Bolivar Roman, San Juan, Puerto Rico
     Rod Schofield, Colorado Springs, Colo.
     Diane G. Scholl, Decorah, Iowa
     Gay S. Steele, Columbus, Ohio
     Rev. Jayne M. Thompson, Manhattan, Kan.

     Board of the ELCA Division for Church in Society:
     Roger Gutmann, Des Moines, Iowa
     Stewart W. Herman, Moorhead, Minn.
     Rebecca P. Judge, Northfield, Minn.
     Charlene Lipscomb, Parma, Ohio
     Rev. James B. Martin-Schramm, Decorah, Iowa
     Rev. J. Pablo Obregon, Willmar, Minn.
     Robert W. Tuttle, Washington, D.C.

     Board of the ELCA Division for Global Mission:
     Rev. L. Paul Bartling, Seattle, Wash.
     Rev. Natanael F. Lizarazo, Decorah, Iowa
     Hermina Meyer, Kendrick, Idaho
     S. Christine Mummert, Harrisburg, Pa.
     Rev. Harvey L. Nelson, Litchfield, Minn.
     Judy St. Pierre, Newport News, Va.
     *Terfassa Yadessa, St. Paul, Minn.

     Board of the ELCA Publishing House:
     Karen Albers-Sigler, Bloomsburg, Pa.
     Rev. Richard F. Bansemer, Salem, Va.
     Janice Bowman, Thousand Oaks, Calif.
     R. Guy Erwin, New Haven, Conn.
     Rev. Gregory C. Moser, Sioux Falls, S.D.
     Jim Myers, Kailua, Hawaii
     Rev. Barbara R. Rossing, Chicago, Ill.

     Board of the ELCA Board of Pensions:
     *Jon Christianson, St. Paul, Minn.
     Bradley C. Engle, Burlington, Wis.
     Nancy J. Haberstich, Lincoln, Neb.
     Sarah C. Murphy, Dayton, Ohio
     Jane C. Von Seggern, Atlanta, Ga.
     Karen (Schaaf) Southward, Columbus, Ohio
     Rev. Lawrence W. Wick, Woodstock, Ill.

     ELCA Nominating Committee:
     Rev. Clark K. Cary, Blue Earth, Minn.
     Rev. Stephen R. Herr, Blairsville, Pa.
     Cheryl L. Hollich, Blue Springs, Mo.
     Steven L. Knowles, Whitefish Bay, Wis.
     Margaret A. Messick, Zanesville, Ohio
     Carlos Pena, Galveston, Texas

     ELCA Committee on Discipline:
     Faith A. Ashton, Durham, N.C.
     *Rev. Eugene W. Beutel, Camp Hill, Pa.
     Rev. David G. Gabel, Traverse City, Mich.
     Rev. Paula J. Gravelle, Altamont, N.Y.
     Mark S. Helmke, San Antonio, Texas
     *Rev. Vicki R. Hultine, Zumbrota, Minn.
     D. Mark Klever, Dayton, Iowa
     Rev. Synde Manion, Woodland Hills, Calif.
     Rev. Obed E. Nelson, Anchorage, Alaska
     Ralph B. K. Peterson, Escanaba, Mich.
     Rev. J. Christian Quello, Appleton, Wis.
     Mark N. Reed, Luray, Va.
     Rev. Dale R. Skogman, Marquette, Mich.
     Ivonne M. Velazquez, San Juan, Puerto Rico
     Rev. Gary J. Woodruff, Southampton, Pa.
     Deborah S. Yandala, Westlake, Ohio

     ELCA Committee on Appeals:
     Mary Alice Bjork, Salem, Ore.
     Daniel W. Joy, Jamaica, N.Y.
     Rev. James E. Sudbrock, Mount Vernon, N.Y.
     Rev. Reuben T. Swanson, Omaha, Neb.

     An asterisk (*) indicates a re-elected incumbent member of church
council, a board or committee.
     Nominations were sought in November 1998 from synods, synodical
officers, unit board chairs and executive directors, members of Church
Council and members of the Nominating Committee.

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