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Title: Synod Council Denies Florida Congregation's Request to Leave ELCA
ELCA NEWS SERVICE

>March 15, 2010  

Synod Council Denies Florida Congregation's Request to Leave ELCA
10-093-JB

CHICAGO (ELCA) -- The synod council of the Florida-Bahamas Synod of
the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA) declined a request from
a Fort Pierce, Fla., congregation to terminate its membership in the
denomination after the congregation successfully completed two votes to
leave as required by the ELCA Constitution.

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>http://www.elca.org/News/Releases.asp?a=4479

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