The Bishops Election CommitteeDeacon Shelley AllenMelantha ArdreyDeacon Sarah BowersRev Leroy CannonRev Emily EdenfieldDeacon Lexanne GravesRev Wayne KannadayRev Jorge Leone The survey is now closed Bishop Election Survey Response Data - CondensedBishop Election...
The Rev. Dr. Dennis Lee Setzer Jr., 75 of Greer, SC, passed away Tuesday February 4, 2020 at Spartanburg Medical Center. Born in Lincolnton, NC, he was the son of the late Dennis Lee Setzer Sr. and the late Mabel Robinson Setzer. He was a Pastor of The ELCA...
By The Rev. Dr. Beverly J. R. Aurand The Rev. Elizabeth Platz 50 years ago the Holy Spirit gave birth to a new thing in the American Lutheran Church (ALC) and the Lutheran Church in America (LCA) and the ordination of women to the Office of Word and Sacrament was...
The Reverend Jerry Lane Trantham, born July 10, 1956, embodied Christ’s example of Love. Pastor of Colony Lutheran Church, of Newberry, S.C., for 17 years; he was reunited with his wife, Diane, and his Lord and Savior on January 16, 2020. Prior to serving at Colony,...
By Cathy Milejczak Evangelical Lutheran Church of Tanzania, Southwestern Diocese (ELCT) Task Force Last summer a delegation from the South Carolina Synod traveled to the South Western Diocese of Tanzania for the Consecration and Installation of the new Bishop. This...