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Convention to elect first bishop for Southwestern Pennsylvania Synod
Delegates from 240 congregations in nine counties will convene at California State University California Pa tomorrow and Saturday to elect the first bishop and other officers of the new Southwestern Pennsylvania Synod of the ELCA. Four Lawrence County congregations Good Shepherd St John s Evangelical Trinity and St Paul s participate with delegates named by each church. The synod forms from mergers of three Lutheran bodies and will serve 107000 members across eight counties with a focus on mission to small congregations inactive Lutherans and unchurched amid social and economic change.
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Southwestern Pennsylvania Synod of the
Evangelical Lutheran Church In America
California State University
California
Lawrence County
Southwestern Pennsylvania Synod
Good Shepherd
St. John’s Evangelical
New Castle
Trinity
St. Paul’s
Ellwood City
George
Nora) Tervo
Frank Zeman
St. John’s
Paul Reitnauer
Diane Marburger
Randall Marburger
American Lutheran Church
Lutheran Church In America
Association of Evangelical Lutheran Churches
Southwestern Pennsylvanian Synod
Allegheny
Beaver
Butler
Fayette
Lawrence
Washington
Westmoreland
Armstrong
Indiana
Western Pennsylvania/West Virginia Synod
LCA
ALC
English Synod
AELC