First Woman Bishop (Episcopal) in Southern Ohio

 

                 Kristin Uffelman White elected 10th bishop of Southern Ohio.

Three of the five candidates for bishop are women, so men had a small chance to be elected.

ELCA's Liz Eaton was elected bishop of one section of Ohio in 2006. She was elected Presiding Bishop of ELCA in 2013, but has been on a leave of absence since November of last year.

Luther Seminary, Twin Cities, ELCA

Cody Sanders

Biography

Cody J. Sanders (he/him) is an ordained Baptist minister (Alliance of Baptists and American Baptist Churches U.S.A.). He teaches in the areas of pastoral theology and spiritual care within congregational and community contexts, having taught on the adjunct faculties in this area in several other institutions, including Andover Newton Theological School and Chicago Theological Seminary.

Prior to joining the faculty of Luther Seminary, Sanders was pastor to Old Cambridge Baptist Church in Cambridge, MA, where he also served as American Baptist Chaplain to Harvard University, and Advisor for LGBTQ+ Affairs in the Office of Religious, Spiritual, and Ethical Life at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

Sanders is a leader in the area of LGBTQIA+ spiritual care, writing and speaking frequently on the subject in churches and academic institutions. He is a practitioner of narrative theories of pastoral care and counseling, training clergy, students, and lay leaders in these skills of caregiving. His current research aims to build ministerial and congregational capacity to lead in cultivating caring communities amid climate collapse, political turmoil, technological acceleration, and the uncertainty of complex near-future scenarios for our life in the world.