The Rev. Yehiel Curry Elected Presiding Bishop of the ELCA

The Rev. Yehiel Curry elected the next Presiding Bishop of the ELCA at the 2025 Churchwide Assembly

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2025 ELCA Churchwide Assembly meets under the theme “For the Life of the World”

Members of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA) will gather, July 28–Aug. 2 at the Phoenix Convention Center in Phoenix, Ariz. Meeting under the theme “For the Life of the World,” the assembly will participate in plenary discussions to make decisions about the work of this church. They will also spend time in worship and engage in various ways of theological reflection.