ELCA Conference of Bishops

Itasca, Ill. — The Conference of Bishops of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA) met March 3-7 at the Eaglewood Resort and Conference Center in Itasca, Ill. The conference is an advisory body of the ELCA that comprises 65 synod bishops, the presiding bishop and the secretary.

In his presiding bishop’s report to the conference, the Rev. Yehiel Curry reinforced the priority area he has identified for his first three years in office: A connected church and sustainable church: Raising the bar together.

Curry described his vision of connection as a shared ownership across the church. “It is not mine. It is yours. It is ours,” he told the conference. “It is one of the three priorities that we lifted up as the ELCA that we said were important priorities to us. How do we take this one priority and in three years be certain that we [embody] it?

“Raising the bar together [ensures that] we know who we are, where we're going, and we do it as a collective. I think that’s built for a better connection.”    

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