Synod Committees

Below is a list of all committees. To e-mail them directly, please click on their name.

Assembly Planning

Chair: Rev. Kathy Ingbritsen  & Rev. Karyn Bodenschatz

 

Candidacy Team

Chair: Rev. Len Liptack

 

Church in Society

Chair: Rev. John Dumke, Chair

• World Hunger 

      Co-Chairs: Bob & Kathy Weeks

• Anti-Racism Task Force

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Constitution Review

Chair: Bishop Jim Arends

 

Evangelism and Outreach

Chair: Rev. Amanda Schultz Garcia

 

Global Mission

Chair: Interim Chair, Cheryl Mader

• Middle East

      Chair: Rev. Kent Johnson

• Companion Synod in Peru

      Chair: Gregg Attleson 

• Companion Synod in the Czech Republic

      Interim Chair​: Maureen Sullivan

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Lutheran Campus Ministry (LCM)

Chair: Naomi Stennes-Spidahl

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Lutheran Youth Leading Evangelism

Chair: Bishop JIm Arends

 

Mission Support 

Chair: Rev. Libby A. Howe

 

Nominating Committee

Chair: Linda Dahl

 

Professional Service & Care

Chair: Rev. Dawn Lindberg

• Compensation 

• Extraparish Ministries

• First-Call Theological Education

 

Women of the ELCA

President: JoAnn Salava

 

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