ELCA NEWS SERVICE March 21, 2011 ELCA Presiding Bishop Tells Orion Samuelson 'Farming is God-Given Call' 11-033-JB CHICAGO (ELCA) -- In an interview with well-known agricultural journalist Orion Samuelson, the presiding bishop of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA) said "farming is a God-given call and that farmers are exercising that call as they feed the hungry in the world, as they care for creation, as they provide for their own families and communities." More: http://www.elca.org/News/Releases.asp?a=4727 For information contact: John Brooks, (773) 380-2958 or [log in to unmask] http://www.elca.org/news Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/elcanews Twitter: http://twitter.com/elcanews