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Monday, May 16, 2011

NEWS FROM NORTH AMERICAN LUTHERAN CHURCH (NALC)

Growth in the NALC

More than 207 congregations have voted to join the North American Lutheran Church since the August 2010 convocation. The total includes 183 that have completed the voting process and been received as member congregations of the NALC, and remainder have passed at least one congregational vote indicating their intention to join the NALC in the future.

For a list of congregations that have joined the NALC, go to:

http://thenalc.org/congregations.php


FOUR PERSONS NOMINATED TO BECOME BISHOP OF NALC

Four pastors have been nominated to serve as the
next bishop of the North American Lutheran
Church. The 2011 NALC Convocation Aug. 11-12 in
Hilliard, Ohio, will elect a new bishop to serve a
four-year term.

The Rev. John F. Bradosky, the Rev. James T.
Lehmann, the Rev. Paul A. Schultz, and the Rev.
Jacob Larry Yoder have been nominated to serve
as the NALC’s chief pastor and evangelist.

For more information go to: http://thenalc.org/documents/newsletters/2011/News-May-2011.pdf

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