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: Loudoun, 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 Richard H. Graham.

The synod is composed of 75 congregations with almost 40,000 baptized members.

[edit] Bishops

  1. E. Harold Jansen (19881996)
  2. Theodore Schneider (19962007)
  3. Richard H. Graham (2007 – present)


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