Mark Hanson

Protestant and Jewish leaders try to mend rift

By Lauren Markoe — April 23, 2014
(RNS) Some doubted whether the Protestants and Jews of the Christian-Jewish Roundtable would ever come together again. They did.

Lutherans take surprise step in electing female presiding bishop

By Sarah Pulliam Bailey — August 15, 2013
(RNS) The Rev. Elizabeth Eaton will take over from Presiding Bishop Mark Hanson, who will step down after 12 years of overseeing the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America, one of the country’s largest denominations.

Lutherans elect Elizabeth Eaton first female presiding bishop of ELCA

By Sarah Pulliam Bailey — August 14, 2013
(RNS) The new presiding bishop of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America, Elizabeth Eaton, told delegates that "We are a church that is overwhelmingly European in a culture that is increasingly pluralistic."
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