Title: McCoid Re-Elected Bishop of ELCA Southwestern Pennsylvania Synod
ELCA NEWS SERVICE
June 15, 2001
MCCOID RE-ELECTED BISHOP OF ELCA SOUTHWESTERN PENNSYLVANIA SYNOD
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CHICAGO (ELCA) -- The Rev. Donald J. McCoid was re-elected June 14
to a six-year term as bishop of the Southwestern Pennsylvania Synod of
the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA). McCoid, 57, has been
serving as bishop of synod since the ELCA was formed in 1987.
McCoid was re-elected on the first ballot for bishop with 369 of
418 votes. Others who received votes on the first ballot were the Rev.
Kirk W. Bish, an assistant to the bishop for the synod, 12 votes; and
the Rev. Martha W. Clementson, an assistant to the bishop for the synod,
9 votes. There were 21 nominees on the first ballot.
McCoid, who was born in Wheeling, W.Va., earned a bachelor's
degree from West Liberty State College, West Liberty, W.Va., and earned
a master of divinity degree from the Lutheran Theological Seminary at
Philadelphia, one of eight ELCA seminaries.
In 1983 he was presented an honorary doctoral degree by Thiel
College, an ELCA college in Greenville, Pa.
Before he was bishop, McCoid served several years as senior pastor
of Trinity Lutheran Church, Latrobe, Pa. He was area coordinator for
Lutheran congregations in West Virginia and western Maryland for the
former Lutheran Church in America. McCoid also served as pastor at
Lutheran congregations in Pittsburgh and Monessen, Pa. He was ordained
in 1968.
Presently, McCoid is chair of the ELCA Conference of Bishops, an
advisory body of the church's 65 synod bishops, presiding bishop and
secretary. He is ELCA co-chair of the Lutheran-Orthodox bilateral
discussions. McCoid is involved with a number of ecumenical
organizations in Pennsylvania.
He and his wife Saundra are parents of two grown children.
The ELCA Southwestern Pennsylvania Synod includes 91,470 members
in 225 congregations. Its offices are in Pittsburgh.
For information contact:
John Brooks, Director (773) 380-2958 or [log in to unmask]
http://listserv.elca.org/archives/elcanews.html
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