ELCA NEWS SERVICE February 1, 2010 ELCA Northeastern Iowa Synod Council Rescinds Churchwide Assembly Responses 10-046-JB CHICAGO (ELCA) -- The Evangelical Lutheran Church in America's (ELCA) Northeastern Iowa Synod Council voted this past weekend to rescind two resolutions it adopted in November in response to the sexuality decisions of the 2009 ELCA Churchwide Assembly. The council rescinded the resolutions decisively "after extensive and open conversation," wrote Susan Armstrong, Mason City, Iowa, synod vice president, in a Feb. 1 letter to the synod. More: http://www.elca.org/News/Releases.asp?a=4431 For information contact: John Brooks, Director (773) 380-2958 or [log in to unmask] http://www.elca.org/news Twitter: http://twitter.com/elcanews