Elected: Stephen G. Marsh, 54, as bishop of the Southeast Michigan Synod, effective Aug. 1.
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| Stephen G. Marsh |
When: May 2 on the fifth ballot with 210 votes. Adolph A. “Skip” Wachsmann III,
Genesis Lutheran Church, Detroit, received 148 votes.
Bio: Assistant to the bishop of the
Southeast Michigan Synod for African-American strategy and justice concerns. Served
St. Peter Lutheran Church, Springfield Gardens (Queens), N.Y.;
The Lutheran Church of the Holy Spirit, Chicago; and
The Church of the Holy Redeemer, Brooklyn, N.Y. Graduate of
Northwestern University, Evanston, Ill., and Evangelical Lutheran Theological Seminary (now
Trinity Lutheran Seminary), Columbus, Ohio. Also attended
Makumira Theological College in Arusha, Tanzania, in 1981.
Replaces: John H.K. Schreiber, who died Aug. 16, 2008. Kenneth R. Olsen serves as interim bishop.
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