Alaska Synod (ELCA)

Alaska Synod (ELCA)

The Alaska Synod (ELCA) is a "synod" of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA). It encompasses the state of Alaska and supports congregational mission throughout the region.

Pastor Michael Keys is Bishop of the synod. He also serves as an officer of the synod council which is the governing body of the synod between assemblies. It is composed of the Bishop and 18 members elected from each of the 5 synodical geographic regions called clusters. There are thirty-one Lutheran congregations in the synod. [cite web
title = Fast Facts
publisher = Alaska Synod ELCA
date = 2007
url = http://www.elcaalaska.org/fast.htm
accessdate = 2007-05-28 ] In addition, there is one Ministry site and a boat, the MV Christian in southeastern Alaska.

The ELCA has partnered its synods with other regions throughout the world and the companion synod for Alaska is the Eastern North Dakota Synod (ELCA). [cite web
title = Synodical Relations
publisher = Evangelical Lutheran Church in America
date = 2007
url = http://www.elca.org/synods/regions.and.synods.html
accessdate = 2007-05-28 ]

External links

* [http://www.elcaalaska.org/ Alaska Synod official site]

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