2025 South Dakota Synod Assembly Recap
Recap of the 2025 South Dakota Synod Assembly held on May 30-31, 2025 at Our Savior’s Lutheran in Sioux Falls.
South Dakota Synod Receives Grant from Wartburg Theological Seminary’s CaSTLE Project
The South Dakota Synod is honored to announce that it has been selected as a grant recipient through The CaSTLE Project: The Country and Small Town Lived Ecclesiology Project, a five-year initiative led by Wartburg Theological Seminary to support renewal in small town and rural congregations.
Constanze Hagmaier Reelected Bishop of the ELCA South Dakota Synod
SIOUX FALLS, SD (May 30, 2025) – The Rev. Constanze Hagmaier was reelected May 30 to serve a second six-year term as bishop of the South Dakota Synod of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA). The election took place during the synod assembly, held May 30th and 31st in Sioux Falls, SD.
2025 South Dakota Synod Assembly
2025 South Dakota Synod Assembly
May 30-31, 2025
Our Savior’s Lutheran Church
Retire or Refire Event 2025: Living into a New Season of Life
The 2025 Retire-Refire retreat will take place at Our Savior’s Lutheran in Sioux Falls from April 29-30, following the Spring Theological Conference.
2025 Candidacy & Discernment Retreat
The 2025 SD Synod Candidacy & Discernment Retreat will be March 21-22, 2025 at the Chapel of the Hill outside of Marvin, SD.
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Mailing Address
South Dakota Synod, ELCA
2001 S Summit Ave
Sioux Falls, SD 57197
Fax
605-274-4028
Location
2125 S Summit Avenue
Sioux Falls, SD 57197
Office Hours
Monday – Friday
8am–5pm
Land Acknowledgment
South Dakota Synod of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America recognizes that the Oceti Sakowin, (the Seven Council Fires of the Lakota, Dakota, Nakota) the Arikara, the Ponca, and the Cheyenne, are the original inhabitants of South Dakota; and South Dakota is the current home of the Cheyenne River Tribe, Crow Creek Tribe, Flandreau Santee Tribe, Lower Brule Tribe, Oglala Tribe, Rosebud Tribe, Sisseton Wahpeton Oyate, Standing Rock Tribe, and Yankton Tribe.
We recognize that we are called to be in good relationship with our neighbors, that the tribes are sovereign nations, that there is a history of broken treaties and broken trust, and that there is lots of work to be done. And we also recognize that as Christians, we have faith in new life, in hope for mending what is broken, and in our calling through the Holy Spirit to do this work.