Vision: A world experiencing the difference God’s grace and love in Christ make for all people and creation.
Purpose: Activate each of us so more people know the way of Jesus and discover community, justice and love.
We have 2.7 million members across more than 8,300 communities in 50 states and the Caribbean. We gather around the word and sacraments, trusting God’s grace, shaped by Jesus Christ.
Based in Chicago, Presiding Bishop Yehiel Curry leads our church. Through the ELCA, we are a part of the Southeastern Synod, which includes about 160 congregations. Reverend Kevin Strickland is the bishop of the Southeastern Synod.
Inspititus – (formerly known as Lutheran Services of Georgia) providing residential group home services, foster care, adoptions, refugee resettlement, prison ministry, marriage and family counseling and enrichment.
The ELCA Southeastern Synod, in partnership with the churchwide organization, bears primary responsibility for the oversight of the life and mission of its congregations in Georgia, Alabama, Mississippi and Tennessee. Our global partners include:
The ELCA
The Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA)
Vision: A world experiencing the difference God’s grace and love in Christ make for all people and creation.
Purpose: Activate each of us so more people know the way of Jesus and discover community, justice and love.
We have 2.7 million members across more than 8,300 communities in 50 states and the Caribbean. We gather around the word and sacraments, trusting God’s grace, shaped by Jesus Christ.
Based in Chicago, Presiding Bishop Yehiel Curry leads our church. Through the ELCA, we are a part of the Southeastern Synod, which includes about 160 congregations. Reverend Kevin Strickland is the bishop of the Southeastern Synod.
Visit the ELCA.ORG website to find out more about how we serve.
Good Shepherd contributes to support ministries in the Synod and the ELCA, including:
Find out more about the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America.
ELCA Southeastern Synod
The ELCA Southeastern Synod, in partnership with the churchwide organization, bears primary responsibility for the oversight of the life and mission of its congregations in Georgia, Alabama, Mississippi and Tennessee. Our global partners include:
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