Metropolitan Washington, D.C. Synod
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The Metropolitan Washington, D.C. Synod is a synod, or diocese, of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA). The synod consists of all ELCA congregations in Washington, D.C. and surrounding counties and cities: Loundon, Fairfax, Arlington, and Prince William counties and the cities of Alexandria, Fairfax, and Falls Church in Virginia; and Montgomery, Prince George's, Charles, Calvert, and St. Mary's counties in Maryland. The synod is headed by a bishop, currently Theodore Schneider.
The synod is composed of 75 congregations with almost 40,000 baptized members.
[edit] Bishops
- E. Harold Jansen (1988 – 1996)
- Theodore Schneider (1996 – present)
