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Southeastern Synod
The Evangelical Lutheran Church in America consists of 65 Synod#Lutheran_usage, synods which are configured into nine regional offices. Each of the synods of the ELCA elects one Bishop#Lutheranism, bishop and three synod council officers at its Synod Assembly to oversee the spiritual and organizational activities of its member congregations. Region 1 Region 2 Region 3 Region 4 Region 5 Region 6 Region 7 Region 8 Region 9 Notes Some ELCA synods are named a specific way to avoid being confused with distinct, unrelated Lutheran denominations: * To avoid confusion with the Lutheran Church–Missouri Synod, the synod containing the states of Kansas and Missouri is called the "Central States Synod" as to not contain the phrase "Missouri Synod". * To avoid confusion with the Wisconsin Evangelical Lutheran Synod, several synods in Wisconsin (the Northwest Synod of Wisconsin, East-Central Synod of Wisconsin, and South-Central Synod of Wisconsin) are named so as to not c ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Map Of ELCA Regions
A map is a symbolic depiction emphasizing relationships between elements of some space, such as Physical body, objects, regions, or themes. Many maps are static, fixed to paper or some other durable medium, while others are dynamic or interactive. Although most commonly used to depict geography, maps may represent any space, real or fictional, without regard to Context (language use), context or Scale (map), scale, such as in brain mapping, DNA mapping, or computer network topology mapping. The space being mapped may be two dimensional, such as the surface of the earth, three dimensional, such as the interior of the earth, or even more abstract spaces of any dimension, such as arise in modeling phenomena having many independent variables. Although the earliest maps known are of the heavens, geographic maps of territory have a very long tradition and exist from ancient times. The word "map" comes from the , wherein ''mappa'' meant 'napkin' or 'cloth' and ''mundi'' 'the world'. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
