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The
Evangelical Lutheran
Church in America
resulted from a merger in 1988 of
three North American Lutheran church bodies: The American
Lutheran Church, the Association of Evangelical Lutheran
Churches and the Lutheran Church in America.
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Baptized Members: 4,709,956 Congregations: more than
10,000 across the US, Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands
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Synods: 65 in nine geographic regions |
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Holy Trinity is a part of the
Southeast Michigan
Synod. |
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The ELCA meets in assembly every two years. At its 2007
Church-wide Assembly it re-elected its third bishop, The
Rev. Mark S. Hanson. To learn more about the ELCA visit the
award-winning website,
http://www.elca.org
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