Country United States Congregations 88 Phone +1 509-838-9871 | Headquarters Spokane, Washington Established 1988 Number of members 286,462 | |
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Territory eastern Washington state and Idaho Denomination Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA) Address 314 S Spruce St # A, Spokane, WA 99201, USA Similar University Hearing & Speech, Girl Scouts, Federal Defender, Central Lutheran Church | ||
The Eastern Washington-Idaho Synod (ELCA) is a synod of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA). It encompasses congregations in the eastern portion of Washington state, Idaho and 2 congregations in western Wyoming, and supports congregational mission throughout this territory.
In June 1999, The Rev. Martin D. Wells was elected as Bishop of the synod. He has been re-elected twice since. The first bishop of the synod was Robert M. Keller. Bishop Wells also serves as an officer of the synod council, which is the governing body between assemblies. It is composed of the bishop and 29 members, elected from each of the 12 synodical geographic regions called clusters. There are 88 Lutheran congregations in the synod.
The ELCA has partnered its synods with other regions throughout the world, and the companion synod for Eastern Washington and Idaho is the Ulanga-Kilombero Diocese of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Tanzania headquartered in Ifakara in southern Tanzania.