ELCA NEWS SERVICE
August 22, 2012
ELCA member named president of Lutheran Services in America
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CHICAGO (ELCA) -- Charlotte Haberaecker will be installed Aug. 22 as
president and CEO of Lutheran Services in America. A member of the
Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA), Haberaecker is the fourth
president of Lutheran Services in America.
In alliance with the ELCA, Lutheran Services in America is made up of
more than 300 health and human service organizations with aggregated
annual incomes of more than $18.3 billion.
"Charlotte will be living her Lutheran and Christian vocation overtly
in this new call. (Her leadership) comes at an opportune time as the ELCA
is inviting the treasurer of its social ministry organizations to be
partnership with congregations engaged in developing mission strategies,
which are being designed to seek renewed partnerships with their
surrounding communities," according to the Rev. Stephen Bouman, executive
director for congregational and synodical mission at ELCA churchwide
ministries. Bouman is a member of the Lutheran Services in America board
and will participate in the installation.
Haberaecker was the chief operating officer of Global Impact. She
also held leadership positions at Compass Consulting, Fannie Mae and
PricewaterhouseCoopers. She earned her bachelor's degree in business
administration in management science at the University of Illinois.
Haberaecker is a member of Hope Lutheran Church, an ELCA congregation in
Annandale, Va.
The installation will take place at The Lutheran Center in Baltimore.
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About the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America:
The ELCA is one of the largest Christian denominations in the United
States, with 4.2 million members in 10,000 congregations across the 50
states and in the Caribbean region. Known as the church of "God's work.
Our hands," the ELCA emphasizes the saving grace of God through faith in
Jesus Christ, unity among Christians and service in the world. The ELCA's
roots are in the writings of the German church reformer, Martin Luther.
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