Eastern Washington-Idaho Synod (ELCA)

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.

On June 1999, The Rev. Martin D. Wells was elected as Bishop of the synod. He 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 one-hundred and five Lutheran congregations in the synod. [cite web
title =Congregations of the Eastern Washington-Idaho Synod
publisher = Eastern Washington-Idaho Synod ELCA
date = 2007
url = http://www.ewaidsynod.org/whoweare/synodcongregations.html
accessdate = 2007-05-28 ] The 2007 budget for the synod is $992,000, raised as benevolence dollars sent by congregations. [cite web
title =2007 Synod Budget
publisher = Eastern Washington-Idaho Synod ELCA
date = 2007
url = http://www.ewaidsynod.org/images/2007_Synod_Report.pdf
accessdate = 2007-05-28 ]

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 (ELCT) in southern Tanzania. [cite web
title = Synodical Relations
publisher = Evangelical Lutheran Church in America
date = 2007
url = http://www.elca.org/synods/regions.and.synods.html
accessdate = 2007-05-28 ]

External links

* [http://www.ewaidsynod.org/home.html Eastern Washington-Idaho Synod]

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