Evangelical Lutheran Diocese of North America
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The Evangelical Lutheran Diocese of North America is a confessional
Lutheran church body in the United States
. The ELDoNA was founded June 6, 2006 at a meeting held at Salem Lutheran Church, Malone, Texas
. A second diocesan synod was held August 28 and 29, 2007. The third diocesan synod was held at Christ Lutheran Church in Richmond, Missouri May 22, 2008, and the fourth in the same location, May 14 and 15, 2009. For the fifth Colloquium and Synod, the diocese returned to Malone, Texas
, May 12–15, 2010, and met there again for the sixth Colloquium and Synod May 11–13, 2011. The most recent Colloquium and Synod was the first event where all but one of the pastors of the diocese and the entire clergy of the ACLC were in attendance. Among the significant decisions of the 2011 synod was the resolution to open a diocesan seminary in September 2012.
In 2006, The Rt. Rev. James Heiser was called to serve as the diocesan bishop. (Bishop Heiser recently published a volume of essays on the doctrine of the holy ministry entitled Stewards of the Mysteries of God.) There are now fourteen pastors in the diocese, serving congregations in Alaska, Arkansas, Illinois, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, North Carolina, Texas, and Wisconsin.
The diocese produces a monthly devotional journal, The Lutheran Herald, which also includes diocesan news.
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. The ELDoNA was founded June 6, 2006 at a meeting held at Salem Lutheran Church, Malone, Texas
Malone, Texas
Malone is a town in Hill County in Central Texas. The population was 278 at the 2000 census.-Geography:Malone is located at .According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a total area of , all of it land....
. A second diocesan synod was held August 28 and 29, 2007. The third diocesan synod was held at Christ Lutheran Church in Richmond, Missouri May 22, 2008, and the fourth in the same location, May 14 and 15, 2009. For the fifth Colloquium and Synod, the diocese returned to Malone, Texas
Malone, Texas
Malone is a town in Hill County in Central Texas. The population was 278 at the 2000 census.-Geography:Malone is located at .According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a total area of , all of it land....
, May 12–15, 2010, and met there again for the sixth Colloquium and Synod May 11–13, 2011. The most recent Colloquium and Synod was the first event where all but one of the pastors of the diocese and the entire clergy of the ACLC were in attendance. Among the significant decisions of the 2011 synod was the resolution to open a diocesan seminary in September 2012.
In 2006, The Rt. Rev. James Heiser was called to serve as the diocesan bishop. (Bishop Heiser recently published a volume of essays on the doctrine of the holy ministry entitled Stewards of the Mysteries of God.) There are now fourteen pastors in the diocese, serving congregations in Alaska, Arkansas, Illinois, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, North Carolina, Texas, and Wisconsin.
The diocese produces a monthly devotional journal, The Lutheran Herald, which also includes diocesan news.
External links
- Evangelical Lutheran Diocese of North America Website
- News of Fellowship Between the ELDoNA and the ACLC
- ELDoNA responds to the Actions of the ELCA 2009 Churchwide Assembly
- Wittenberg Door commentary
- Mars Society Bio of Bp. Heiser
- American Lutheran Publicity Bureau Discussion of the ELDoNA