Mon, Aug 05
|Wisconsin Center
Churchwide Assembly
The ELCA Churchwide Assembly, the primary decision-making body of the church, is a process of communal spiritual discernment. Finding ourselves in Christ, the fifteenth Churchwide Assembly will be a time for us to be the living body of Christ guided by the Spirit and conformed to God’s will.
Time & Location
Aug 05, 2019, 1:00 PM – Aug 10, 2019, 12:00 PM
Wisconsin Center, 400 W Wisconsin Ave, Milwaukee, WI 53203, USA
About the event
When the ELCA Churchwide Assembly convenes, its voting members meet with confidence in God’s grace around word and water, wine and bread, to carry on their work on behalf the entire church. Over the course of the assembly, voting members:
Hear reports and review the work of churchwide officers, leaders and units;
Receive and consider proposals from synod assemblies;
Elect officers, board members and other leaders as specified by the constitution or bylaws;
Establish ELCA churchwide policy;
Worship together;
Adopt a budget; and
Conduct other business related to the ELCA churchwide organization.
Let me also highlight one of the important responsibilities of the assembly -- the election of the Presiding Bishop and Secretary as well as persons to the Church Council and to churchwide boards and committees. Voting members will receive information regarding nomination and election processes in early 2019. Please think about gifted people willing to serve this church.
As we prepare ourselves for the 2019 Churchwide Assembly, let’s remember that it is a process of communal spiritual discernment to bring about God’s will for God’s people. Together, we will worship, pray, engage in Bible study, deliberate and conduct business in plenary sessions.
When members of the assembly participate in and make decisions about the mission and ministry of the ELCA: We are church. We are Lutheran. We are church together. We are church for the sake of the world.
God’s blessings,
Elizabeth A. Eaton
Presiding Bishop