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• n  a council convened to discuss ecclesiastical business

• A synod of the Provinces of New York and New Jersey Protestant Episcopal Church, met at Atlantic City.
• Voices of optimism and new ideas at a Vatican synod .
• An extraordinary synod marks Vatican II's 20th anniversary .

News & Articles

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• Delegates to Vote on New Ministry Goals
  (From RCA Communications) Later this month, General Synod delegates will vote on a new statement of direction for RCA mission and ministry. The proposal is called "Transformed and Transforming: Radically following Christ in mission together." The denomination's current 10-year goal, Our Call, wraps up at General Synod and will be celebrated there. Transformed and Transforming calls the ...
  June 14, 2013 - Worldwide Faith News
• 5 ELCA synod bishops re-elected for new terms
  CHICAGO (ELCA) -- The Rev. H. Julian Gordy, the Rev. Ralph E. Jones, the Rev. Kurt F. Kusserow, the Rev. Lawrence R. Wohlrabe and the Rev. David B. Zellmer were re-elected this spring to serve six-year terms as synod bishops of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America. H. Julian Gordy Gordy, bishop of the ELCA Southeastern Synod, was re-elected for a second six-year term on the first ballot ...
  June 13, 2013 - Worldwide Faith News
• General Synod to Discuss Way Forward on Homosexuality
  (From RCA Communications) A task force created to tackle a divisive issue—presenting a way forward for the RCA given continued disagreement about homosexuality—has found remarkable unity. "In our report to synod, we talk about what occurred for us as a group and personally, individually, as a result of our meeting together," says task force facilitator David VanNingen. The task force included ...
  June 11, 2013 - Worldwide Faith News