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April 11-13, 2008 Lutheran Center Chicago, Illinois EVANGELICAL LUTHERAN CHURCH IN AMERICA CHURCH COUNCIL MINUTES April 11-13, 2008 Lutheran Center Chicago, Illinois The fifty-ninth meeting of the Church Council of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA) was convened in the Council Room of the Lutheran Center at Chicago, Illinois. The meeting began on Friday, April 11, 2008, with committee meetings and a service of Evening Prayer, led by the Rev. Susan Langhauser. ORGANIZATION OF MEETING (Agenda I.A.-I.F.) The following persons were present for all or part of the meeting: Voting Members Officers: Pr. Mark S. Hanson, presiding bishop Mr. Carlos E. Peña, vice president Mr. David D. Swartling, secretary Ms. Christina Jackson-Skelton, treasurer Church Council: Pr. David P. Anderson Mr. John S. Munday Ms. Rebecca Jo Brakke Mr. Mark W. Myers Ms. Judith Anne Bunker Ms. Ann C. Niedringhaus (excused) Ms. Deborah L. Chenoweth Pr. J. Pablo Obregon Pr. Rachel L. Connelly Pr. David W. Peters Mr. John R. Emery Pr. J. Paul Rajashekar Ms. Karin Lynn Graddy Ms. Lynette M. Reitz Mr. Mark S. Helmke Pr. John C. Richter Ms. Norma J. Hirsch Ms. Sandra Schlesinger Pr. Keith A. Hunsinger Pr. Norene A. Smith Pr. David E. Jensen Pr. Jeffrey “Jeff” B. Sorenson Mr. Mark E. Johnson Mr. David Truland (excused) Pr. Susan Langhauser Ms. Judith Tutt-Starr Pr. Jonathan W. Linman Mr. Richard L. Wahl Mr. William R. Lloyd Jr. Ms. Phyllis L. Wallace Pr. Steven P. Loy Mr. Gary L. Wipperman Representatives of the Conference of Bishops Bp. Allan C. Bjornberg Bp. Gerald L. Mansholt Bp. Leonard H. Bolick Bp. Murray D. Finck Bp. Callon W. Holloway (excused) Bp. Peter Rogness Bp. Marie C. Jerge Bp. Paul Stumme-Diers Bp. H. Gerard Knoche (excused) Bp. Martin D. Wells EVANGELICAL LUTHERAN CHURCH IN AMERICA CHURCH COUNCIL April 11-13, 2008 MINUTES, Page 2 Advisory Members Youth: Ms. Briana R. Watts Mr. Samuel F. Schlouch Advisors: Pr. Chi Shih Chen, Association of Asians and Pacific Islanders Mr. Michael D. Bash, chair of the board of trustees, Augsburg Fortress, Publishers (excused) Mr. Kent L. Henning, colleges and universities Ms. Kristin Kvam, Consulting Committee for Justice for Women Pr. Khader N. El-Yateem, chair, Multicultural Ministries program committee Mr. Joseph A. Husary, president, Association of Lutherans of Arab and Middle Eastern Heritage (excused) Pr. Phillip D. W. Krey, seminaries Pr. O. Dennis Mims, president, African American Lutheran Association (excused) Pr. Sarah Lee-Faulkner, chair, Evangelical Outreach and Congregational Mission program committee Pr. Nelson H. Rabell-Gonzalez, Association of Latino Ministries (excused) Ms. Carmen Richards, president of the board, Women of the ELCA (excused) Pr. Frederick Strickert, chair, Global Mission program committee Mr. Kai S. Swanson, chair, Vocation and Education program committee Pr. Roger A. Thompson, chair, Church in Society program committee Mr. Larry Thiele, president, American Indian and Alaska Native Lutheran Association Ms. Suzanne Wise, social ministry organizations Resource Persons Office of the Presiding Bishop: Pr. M. Wyvetta Bullock, executive for leadership development Pr. Kathie Bender Schwich, executive for synodical and constituent relations Pr. Marcus R. Kunz, executive for discernment of contextual and theological issues Ms. Myrna J. Sheie, executive for governance and institutional relations Section Executives and Staff: Pr. Michael L. Burk, executive for worship and liturgical resources and chaplain to the Church Council Mr. Kenneth W. Inskeep, executive for research and evaluation Pr. Donald J. McCoid, executive for ecumenical and inter-religious relations Pr. Darrell D. Morton, assistant to the presiding bishop for federal chaplaincy ministries Pr. A. Craig Settlage, director for mission support Ms. Else B. Thompson, executive for human resources Office of the Secretary: Pr. Ruth E. Hamilton, executive assistant to the secretary Mr. Phillip H. Harris, general counsel Ms. Mary Beth Nowak, executive assistant to the secretary Pr. Paul A. Schreck, executive assistant to the secretary Mr. David A. Ullrich, associate general counsel Office of the Treasurer: Section Executives and Staff: Ms. Karen Rathbun, executive for management services (excused) Ms. LaRue R. Unglaube, executive for information technology Pr. Jeffrey R. King, support specialist, information technology EVANGELICAL LUTHERAN CHURCH IN AMERICA CHURCH COUNCIL April 11-13, 2008 MINUTES, Page 3 Program Unit Executives: Ms. Linda Post Bushkofsky, executive director, Women of the ELCA Pr. Sherman G. Hicks, executive director, Multicultural Ministries Pr. Rebecca S. Larson, executive director, Church in Society (excused) Ms. Beth A. Lewis, president, Augsburg Fortress, Publishers Pr. Stephen P. Bouman, executive director, Evangelical Outreach and Congregational Mission (excused) Pr. Rafael Malpica-Padilla, executive director, Global Mission Pr. Stanley N. Olson, executive director, Vocation and Education Service Unit Executives: Ms. Kristi S. Bangert, executive director, Communication Services Ms. Cynthia J. Halverson, president, Foundation of the ELCA, and executive director, Development Services Mr. John G. Kapanke, president, Board of Pensions Mr. Daniel J. Lehmann, editor, The Lutheran magazine Ms. Eva M. Roby, executive vice president for administration, Mission Investment Fund (excused) Press: Mr. John R. Brooks, director, ELCA News Service Ms. Elizabeth M. Hunter, The Lutheran magazine Mr. Frank F. Imhoff, associate director, ELCA News Service Ms. Melissa Ramirez-Cooper, ELCA News Service Ecumenical Guests: Canon Victoria L. Garvey, The Episcopal Church The Rev. Teresita Valeriano, North American representative, Lutheran World Federation Pr. Mary Ann Neevel, United Church of Christ (excused) Moravian Church in America [position vacant] Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) [position vacant] Reformed Church in America [position vacant] EVANGELICAL LUTHERAN CHURCH IN AMERICA CHURCH COUNCIL April 11-13, 2008 MINUTES, Page 4 Saturday, April 12, 2008 Plenary Session I The first plenary session of the fifty-ninth meeting of the Church Council of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America began with a service of Morning Prayer, led by the Rev. Michael L. Burk, executive for worship and liturgical resources and chaplain to the Church Council. The Rev. Martin A. Seltz served as musician. Vice President Carlos E. Peña called to order the first plenary session at 8:17 A.M. He thanked Ms. Beth A. Lewis, president and chief executive officer of Augsburg Fortress, Publishers, for hosting the previous evening’s reception. He welcomed all those present, calling attention to those who were attending for the first time. Vice President Peña made a number of routine announcements about the council’s procedures. He reminded members of the presence of the Prayer Team and invited members to submit Joys and Concerns. ADOPTION OF AGENDA (Agenda 1.G.) Background: Agenda items had been distributed by mail and electronically. Additional items were distributed at the meeting to the members of the Church Council, representatives of the Conference of Bishops, advisory members, and resource persons. Church Council Action: Vice President Carlos E. Peña called on Mr. David D. Swartling, secretary, to read the action pertaining to adoption of the agenda. Vice President Peña called for a second, then opened the floor to discussion. There being no discussion, he called for a vote. VOTED: CC08.04.01 To adopt the agenda and to permit the chair to call for consideration of agenda items in the order the chair deems most appropriate. INTRODUCTIONS Vice President Carlos E. Peña asked those in attendance to introduce themselves. APPROVAL OF MINUTES (Agenda I.H.) Background: The minutes of the November 9–11, 2007, meeting of the Church Council had been distributed to council members. The minutes of the council’s Executive Committee meetings on November 8, 2007, December 6, 2007, January 17, 2008, and February 25, 2008, also had been distributed. Council members were asked to provide in writing to the Office of the Secretary any minor or typographical errors in the distributed text of the minutes so that corrections could be entered into the protocol copies of the minutes. Church Council Action: At the request of Vice President Carlos E. Peña, Secretary David D. Swartling read the proposed action. Vice President Peña called for a second, then opened the floor for discussion. There being none, he called for a vote. EVANGELICAL LUTHERAN CHURCH IN AMERICA CHURCH COUNCIL April 11-13, 2008 MINUTES, Page 5 VOTED: CC08.04.02 To approve the minutes of the November 9–11, 2007, meeting of the Church Council; and To ratify actions of the council’s Executive Committee as indicated in the minutes of the November 8, 2007, December 6, 2007, January 17, 2008, and February 25, 2008, meetings. REPORT OF THE PRESIDING BISHOP (Agenda II.A.1.; Agenda/MINUTES Exhibit A, Part 1) The Rev. Mark. S. Hanson, presiding bishop of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America, reported as follows: “There really are three parts to my report. One is the written report that you received yesterday. That is Section A, Part 1, that you do not need to turn to. I hope you read it. I hope you receive it as complementary to the reports of my colleagues who work in the churchwide organization because all of our reports together really become the report on the current implementation of the Plan for Mission that was adopted by the Churchwide Assembly in Milwaukee. The report I share with you gives lots of examples of how this whole church is living into and living out of that Plan for Mission. “The second part of my report really will occur later this morning. It will be our important continuing conversations about our commitment to be an anti-racist and intentionally multicultural church. Last night I went home intending to work on this report and got caught up instead in an MSNBC special called ‘Meeting David Wilson.’ I do not know if you saw it, but it was a three-hour public conversation on race at Howard University. It was led by David Wilson, an African American, and was a documentary on tracing his ancestral roots back to his ancestors in Ghana who had been sold as slaves.
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