Eastern Washington-Idaho Synod (ELCA)

Eastern Washington-Idaho Synod
Location
Country United States
Territory eastern Washington state and Idaho
Headquarters Spokane, Washington
Statistics
Congregations 88[1]
Members 28,6462[1]
Information
Denomination Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA)
Established 1988
Current leadership
Bishop Martin D. Wells
Map
A map of the northwest US showing the ELCA synods of Region 1
Website
http://www.ewaidsynod.org/home.html

The Eastern Washington-Idaho Synod (ELCA) is a synod of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA). It encompasses congregations in the eastern portion of Washington state, Idaho and 2 congregations in western Wyoming, and supports congregational mission throughout this territory.

In June 1999, The Rev. Martin D. Wells was elected as Bishop of the synod.[2] He has been re-elected twice since. The first bishop of the synod was Robert M. Keller.[2] Bishop Wells also serves as an officer of the synod council, which is the governing body between assemblies. It is composed of the bishop and 29 members, elected from each of the 12 synodical geographic regions called clusters. There are 88 Lutheran congregations in the synod.

The ELCA has partnered its synods with other regions throughout the world, and the companion synod for Eastern Washington and Idaho is the Ulanga-Kilombero Diocese of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Tanzania headquartered in Ifakara in southern Tanzania.[3]

Notes

  1. 1 2 "About". Eastern Washington-Idaho Synod. Retrieved 23 November 2016.
  2. 1 2 "Wells Elected Bishop of ELCA Eastern Washington-Idaho Synod". ELCA. 8 June 1999. Retrieved 23 November 2016.
  3. ↑ "Synodical Relations". Eastern Washington-Idaho Synod. 2016. Retrieved 2016-11-23.
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