The election for South Dakota Synod Bishop will be at the 2025 Synod Assembly on May 30-31, 2025, at Our Savior’s Lutheran Church in Sioux Falls, SD. To help prepare the Synod for this election, resources and FAQs will be posted here regularly. If you have any questions or concerns, you can contact the Bishop Election Committee at bishopelection@sdsynod.org.
Pre-identified Potential Nominee Information
Conferences met in assembly on February 23, 2025. Attendees participated in a time of Bible study, reflection, and discussion regarding synod hopes, dreams, priorities, and challenges; and discernment about ministers who have the desired and necessary gifts for the office of bishop. Pastors whose names were lifted up during this process were invited to submit a biographical information form. The pastor listed below submitted a form to the Bishop Election Committee. Click on the pastor’s name to view the information submitted.
It is important to remember that this pre-identification at the conference assembly was not a nomination process. A minister of Word and Sacrament who was lifted up at the conference assembly still needs to be nominated on the first ecclesiastical ballot at the Synod Assembly to be a nominee for the bishop and move forward in the election process.
Invitation for Questions
Instructions on how to submit questions for a potential Q & A session with nominees for bishop will be available in this space in the coming months.