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ELCA NEWS SERVICE

October 20, 2000

***CORRECTION***

     Editors: In the ELCA News Service story, "ELCA Bishops Advise
Council on Issues Related to Pastors' Call," references to a
"congregational committee" should be corrected, because the committee is
an advisory committee appointed by the bishop.  The incorrect language
appears in the 1st and 10th paragraphs.

     Please replace the first paragraph with the following:

     CHICAGO (ELCA) -- The Conference of Bishops of the Evangelical
Lutheran Church in America (ELCA) advised the ELCA Church Council of its
preferences on possible constitutional language that could give a
synodical bishop and an advisory committee appointed by the bishop
greater latitude in dealing with conflicts involving a congregation and
its pastor.

     Please replace the 10th paragraph with the following:

     The bishops reviewed some possible constitutional language.  They
agreed with a suggestion that if the synod bishop and an advisory
committee appointed by the bishop recommend that a pastor's call be
terminated in conflict situations, the congregation may dismiss the
pastor by a simple majority vote.  The bishops also agreed with a
suggestion that the two-thirds requirement remain in cases where the
bishop and advisory committee did not recommend the pastor's call be
terminated.

     We apologize for these errors.

John R. Brooks
Director for News and Information
ELCA Department for Communication

For information contact:
John Brooks, Director (773) 380-2958 or NEWS@ELCA.ORG
http://listserv.elca.org/archives/elcanews.html