Monday, August 15, 2011

HILLIARD: New Lutheran denomination elects Ohioan as bishop

HILLIARD: New Lutheran denomination elects Ohioan as bishop

Associated Press
August 15, 2011

A western Ohio pastor has been chosen as bishop of the newly formed North American Lutheran Church.

About 800 members elected the Rev. John Bradosky of Centerville as bishop during a meeting in suburban Columbus this week. The church says the 59-year-old Bradosky was installed yesterday during a closing worship service.

The church was formed last year by churches that left the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America after America's largest Lutheran denomination decided to allow non-celibate gays into its clergy.

A statement from the church says more than 250 congregations representing more than 100,000 Lutherans have joined the new church.

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