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| Bishop John Macholz, Seminex Graduate |
John Macholz elected bishop of the ELCA Upstate New York Synod
6/3/2014 5:00:00 PM
Chicago (ELCA) The Rev. John S. Macholz, Rochester, N.Y., was elected June 3 to a six-year term as bishop of the Upstate New York Synod of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA) during the Synod Assembly June 1-3 at the Riverside Convention Center in Rochester.
Macholz was elected on the fifth ballot with 236 votes to 154 votes for the Rev. Marie Jerge, current bishop of the synod. Jerge, who was first elected in 2002, served two terms as bishop.
“This election is for the whole church and how we go forward in God’s Holy Spirit,” said Macholz. “I ask for your prayers as we begin a new phase in the life of our church.”
Macholz is pastor of Atonement Lutheran Church in Rochester, where he has served since 1990. He served as pastor of Faith Lutheran Church in Troy, N.Y., from 1980 to 1990. He has served as the dean of the synod’s Genesee Finger Lakes Conference since 2006 and was dean of the Hudson Mohawk Conference (mathematics) from 1988 to 1990.
Macholz earned a Bachelor of Arts degree from Concordia College in Bronxville, N.Y., in 1975 and a Master of Divinity degree from Christ Seminary-Seminex in St. Louis in 1980.
Information about the Upstate New York Synod is available at http://upstatenysynod.org/.
- See more at: http://www.elca.org/News-and-Events/7673#sthash.VwqWqyBS.dpufMacholz was elected on the fifth ballot with 236 votes to 154 votes for the Rev. Marie Jerge, current bishop of the synod. Jerge, who was first elected in 2002, served two terms as bishop.
“This election is for the whole church and how we go forward in God’s Holy Spirit,” said Macholz. “I ask for your prayers as we begin a new phase in the life of our church.”
Macholz is pastor of Atonement Lutheran Church in Rochester, where he has served since 1990. He served as pastor of Faith Lutheran Church in Troy, N.Y., from 1980 to 1990. He has served as the dean of the synod’s Genesee Finger Lakes Conference since 2006 and was dean of the Hudson Mohawk Conference (mathematics) from 1988 to 1990.
Macholz earned a Bachelor of Arts degree from Concordia College in Bronxville, N.Y., in 1975 and a Master of Divinity degree from Christ Seminary-Seminex in St. Louis in 1980.
Information about the Upstate New York Synod is available at http://upstatenysynod.org/.
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GJ - Someone should compile the statistics. A remarkable number of Seminex graduates have become bishops in ELCA. Other Seminex graduates have become ELCA leaders in other capacities. They are not suspicious of pastors from another seminary. They have rewarded them far beyond their numbers.
WELS played a key role in Seminex, from the influence of Jungkuntz and Gehrke, both professors at Northwestern College (WELS) in Watertown, Wisconsin, where the Western WI District is meeting right now.
Jungkuntz was a certified UOJ Storm trooper, and his UOJ essay is still in the Holy of Holies, the WELS Essay Files. Jungkuntz was chairman of the board of the first gay Lutheran seminary - Christ-Seminex.
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