Title: The Rev. Franklin E. Sherman Joins ELCA Churchwide Staff ELCA NEWS SERVICE - NEWSBRIEFS December 9, 1996 SHERMAN STAFFS INTERFAITH RELATIONS The Rev. Franklin E. Sherman, 68, was appointed associate for interfaith relations in the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America's Department for Ecumenical Affairs. The department's director, the Rev. Daniel F. Martensen, said the limited staff position began Nov. 1 and will be reviewed in one year. It involves "a few days a month to help coordinate the interfaith work of the department." Sherman founded the Institute for Christian-Jewish Understanding, Muhlenberg College, Allentown, Pa., in 1989 and recently retired as its director. He will continue to work from Allentown, providing staff support for the Lutheran-Jewish Consultative Panel and the ELCA's involvement in the Interfaith Commission of the National Council of Churches of Christ in the U.S.A. Sherman earned degrees from Muhlenberg College, the University of Chicago, the Lutheran School of Theology at Chicago (LSTC) and Oxford University, Oxford, England. He was ordained in 1956 and was pastor of Advent Lutheran Church, Chicago. Sherman served on the faculties of the University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa, and Mansfield College, Oxford, England. For more than two decades he was a professor of Christian ethics at LSTC, including 10 years as academic dean. For information contact: Ann Hafften, Dir., ELCA News Service, (312) 380-2958 or [log in to unmask]; Frank Imhoff, Assoc. Dir., (312) 380-2955 or [log in to unmask]; Melissa Ramirez, Assist. Dir., (312) 380-2956 or [log in to unmask]