Evangelical Lutheran Conference & Ministerium of North America
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Evangelical Lutheran Conference & Ministerium of North America (ELCM) is a Lutheran church body based in the US state of Pennsylvania. Currently the ELCM has active congregations in Pennsylvania and New York; as well as mission efforts across the United States. The ELCM has fellowship agreements with Lutheran bodies in Kenya and India. The ELCM sees itself as a centrist confessional Lutheran body. The body was founded in September of 1999. The current President of the ELCM General Conference is Rev. Roy Steward. The next meeting of the General Conference is scheduled for July 2008.
