ELCA NEWS SERVICE August 4, 2010 ELCA Council Reduces 2010 Churchwide Spending, Acts on Pensions Resolutions 10-212-JB CHICAGO (ELCA) -- The Church Council of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA) revised the 2010 current fund spending authorization for the ELCA churchwide organization to $65.1 million, a mid-year reduction of $4.2 million or 6.1 percent from the previously authorized $69.3 million for 2010. More http://www.elca.org/News/Releases.asp?a=4599 For information contact: John Brooks, Director (773) 380-2958 or [log in to unmask] http://www.elca.org/news Twitter: http://twitter.com/elcanews