ELCA reaffirms commitment to combat racism and white supremacy

SIOUX FALLS, SD – September 4, 2019 – The Reverend Constanze Hagmaier will be installed as the fourth Bishop of the South Dakota Synod of the Evangelical Lutheran Church this Saturday, September [...]

SIOUX FALLS, SD - August 23, 2019 - The South Dakota Synod Council approved today to call the Rev. Renee Splichal Larson to serve as Associate to Bishop Constanze Hagmaier for Candidacy, [...]

In a key action last week, the 2019 ELCA Churchwide Assembly voted to approve a memorial that declares the ELCA a sanctuary church. The ELCA is the first North American denomination to declare [...]

PIERRE, SD -- Andrew Root, PhD will be the guest theologian at the annual Fall Theological Conference September 22-24 in Pierre, SD. Dr. Root, a professor of Youth and Family at Luther Seminary, [...]

SIOUX FALLS, SD (June 1, 2019) – The Rev. Constanze Hagmaier was elected June 1 to serve a six-year term as bishop of the South Dakota Synod of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA). [...]

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Due to technical problems with the electronic voting system, the Bishop Election Committee decided to repeat the third and fourth ballot using paper ballots. The purpose is [...]

Over 500 voting members of the South Dakota Synod of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America were gathered today at Our Savior’s Lutheran Church in Sioux Falls, SD to pray, discern and elect a [...]

Results of the Second Ballot. There was no election on the second ballot. The Top 7 candidates will move onto the Third Ballot. Speeches by the Top 7 candidates will happen tomorrow morning in [...]

The following names were placed on the first ballot for Bishop Election. There was no election, so this ballot becomes a nominating ballot. Please click here to download to see the first ballot [...]