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The Evangelical Lutheran Church in America consists of 65 synods which are configured into nine regional offices. Each of the synods of the ELCA elects one bishop and three synod council officers at its Synod Assembly to oversee the spiritual and organizational activities of its member congregations. [1]
The counties of the Metropolitan Council are the seven most densely-populated in the state. The Met Council has 17 members, 16 of whom represent a geographic district in the seven-county area with one chair who serves at large. All members are appointed by the Governor of Minnesota and are reappointed with each new governor in office. [2]
The church is led by a Presiding Bishop, who is elected from amongst the diocesan bishops, and remains a diocesan bishop in addition to his role as Primate. Presiding Bishop (Primate and Metropolitan) – no fixed see, elected from amongst the diocesan bishops below; Bishop of the Northern Diocese; Bishop of the Southern Diocese
Moravian Church in America, Northern Province: 20,220 members (2010) [68] Universal Fellowship of Metropolitan Community Churches: 15,666 members (2006) [69] Latvian Evangelical Lutheran Church in America: 12,000 members (2007) Congregational Christian Churches (not part of any national CCC body) Moravian Church in America, Alaska Province
The Church of God in Christ (COGIC) is a Holiness-Pentecostal Christian denomination, [1] [2] with a predominantly African-American membership. The denomination reports having more than 12,000 churches and over 6.5 million members in the United States. [3] The National Council of Churches ranks it as the fifth largest Christian denomination in ...
The Metropolitan Community Church (MCC), also known as the Universal Fellowship of Metropolitan Community Churches (UFMCC), is an international LGBT-affirming mainline Protestant Christian denomination. There are 222 member congregations in 37 countries, and the fellowship has a specific outreach to members of the LGBTQ community. [1]
Belief that Christian unity is a spiritual concept, not a man-made organization such as the World Council of Churches or the National Council of Churches. Belief that Christians are called to be a salt and light, separated from the ways of the world, and that this difference is to be reflected in the life of the congregation as well as in the ...
Metropolitan Community Church of Washington, D.C. S. St. John's Metropolitan Community Church This page was last edited on 20 July 2024, at 19:03 (UTC). Text is ...