Plenary eight begins with song.
Jack Munday, a member of the Church Council, leads a prayer.
Bishop Jessica Crist, chair of the Conference of Bishops and bishop of the Montana Synod, brings a report on behalf of the conference.
Nominees for secretary of the ELCA wait to respond to questions.
The Rev. Wm. Chris Boerger and Cheryl Stuart wait to respond to questions.
The Rev. Kathryn Gerking, nominee for secretary, responds to questions.
Cheryl Stuart, nominee for secretary, responds to questions.
The Rev. Wm. Chris Boerger, nominee for secretary, responds to questions.
Peter Aldrich, nominee for secretary, responds to questions.
The Rev. Michael Cooper-White, nominee for secretary, responds to questions.
The Rev. Matthew Riegel, nominee for secretary, responds to questions.
The Rev. Mark Grorud, nominee for secretary, responds to questions.
The Rev. Wm. Chris Boerger responds to questions.
Nominees for secretary of the ELCA are finished with their responses.
Jessica Nipp Hacker, coordinator for the ELCA Malaria Campaign, reports on the progress of the campaign.
Cynthia Osbourne, chair of the task force for the ELCA social statement on criminal justice, speaks to the Assembly.
Members from the ELCA Northwestern Ohio Synod wear “God’s work. Our hands.” Sunday t-shirts.
A member from the ELCA Northwestern Ohio Synod wears a “God’s work. Our hands.” Sunday t-shirt.
Voting members speak at the plenary.
The Rev. Dan Rift, director of ELCA World Hunger and Disaster Appeal, gives a report.
Voting members participate in the plenary.
Cheryl Stuart, nominee for secretary, waits for election results.
The Rev. Wm. Chris Boerger, nominee for secretary, waits for election results.
The top seven candidates for secretary are announced.
A voting member speaks at the plenary.
Jack Munday, the Rev. Roger Willer and Cynthia Osbourne react to the passage of the social statement, The Church and Criminal Justice: Hearing the Cries.
Presiding Bishop Mark Hanson, David Swartling, Jack Munday, the Rev. Roger Willer and Cynthia Osbourne react to the passage of the social statement, The Church and Criminal Justice: Hearing the Cries.
David Swartling, Jack Munday, the Rev. Roger Willer and Cynthia Osbourne react to the passage of the social statement, The Church and Criminal Justice: Hearing the Cries.