ELCA NEWS SERVICE April 16, 2010 ELCA Presiding Bishop Expresses 'Confident Hope' for Church's Future 10-116-JB CHICAGO (ELCA) -- Lutherans are "a people of new birth, of living hope through the Resurrection of Jesus Christ (1 Peter 1:3)," said the Rev. Mark S. Hanson, presiding bishop of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA). Because of those gifts from God, Hanson said he "is feeling confident hope" for the future of the ELCA. More: http://www.elca.org/News/Releases.asp?a=4502 For information contact: John Brooks, Director (773) 380-2958 or [log in to unmask] http://www.elca.org/news Twitter: http://twitter.com/elcanews