Bishop Bob Spain, who served as United Methodist Publishing House’s chaplain well into his 90s, is being remembered for his faithful and energetic ministry.
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The Sierra Pacific Synod of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America elected them as the fifth bishop of its nearly 200 congregations in California and Nevada, a historic first for any major denomination in the United States.
First ELCA transgender bishop, Megan Rohrer, hopes to ‘translate good news’ for the curious
That’s been the focus of Rohrer’s ministry, first as the executive director of a nonprofit serving the homeless and hungry in San Francisco and now as bishop-elect of the Sierra Pacific Synod of the ELCA. An undated selfie of the Rev. Megan Rohrer, who was elected bishop of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America s Sierra Pacific Synod on Saturday, May 8, 2021, becoming the first transgender person to serve as bishop in any of the major Christian denominations in the United States. Photo courtesy of Meghan Rohrer