ELCA NEWS SERVICE

April 28, 2012  

Kanouse re-elected bishop of ELCA Northern Texas-Northern Louisiana Synod
12-24-MRC

     CHICAGO (ELCA) - The Rev. Kevin S. Kanouse was re-elected April 27
to serve a third six-year term as bishop of the Northern Texas-Northern
Louisiana Synod of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA). He
was re-elected on the first ballot at the synod assembly in Irving, Texas.
     Kanouse was born in Berwick, Pa.  In 1975, he graduated from
Susquehanna University in Selinsgrove, Pa., and in 1980 he earned a
Master of Divinity degree from Lutheran Theological Seminary at
Gettysburg in Gettysburg, Pa. Susquehanna is one of 26 ELCA colleges and
universities, and the seminary is one of eight of the ELCA.
     Ordained in 1980, Kanouse served as pastor of St. Paul Lutheran
Church in Penryn, Pa., and Advent Lutheran Church in Arlington,
Texas. Kanouse was first elected bishop in 2000 and re-elected in 2006.
     Information about the ELCA Northern Texas-Northern Louisiana Synod
is available at http://www.ntnl.org.
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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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