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| An unsmiling smile looks diabolical - Newly elected Bishop Nathan D. Pipho |
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ELCA pastor Nathan Pipho was elected bishop of the New England Synod. He is gay, as he explains in an article he wrote,
"It was the saints at Good Shepherd, North Quincy, who took a chance on a pastoral candidate who was gay. This was seven years before the 2009 Churchwide Assembly lifted prohibitions on partnered LGBT persons serving as ordained ministers. It also coincided with the height of the clergy sexual abuse crisis that was hitting the Archdiocese of Boston at the time. Some of my friends counseled me this was not the best time for me to be open with them about my sexuality, that it was none of their business, that I should stay in the closet …but I knew for the sake of authentic witness I needed to be open." (See here)
Rev. Nathan Pipho is a "...past chair of the New England Synod Team for Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Inclusion." (See here)"
ELCA Proves the Love That Dare Not Speak Its Name - Because ELCA Is Silent
Nathan Pipho Elected Bishop of the ELCA New England Synod
6/11/2024 8:55:00 AM
CHICAGO — The Rev. Nathan D. Pipho, Worcester, Mass., was elected June 7 to serve a six-year term as bishop of the New England Synod of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA). The election took place during the synod assembly, June 6-8, at the DCU Center in Worcester.
Pipho was elected on the fifth ballot, with 261 votes. The Rev. Sara J. Anderson, associate to the bishop of the New England Synod, received 164 votes.
The bishop-elect has served as pastor of Trinity Lutheran Church, Worcester, since 2016. Previously he was pastor of Good Shepherd Lutheran Church in Quincy, Mass. (2002-2015).
Pipho earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in psychology and political science from Wartburg College, Waverly, Iowa, in 1998; a Master of Divinity from the Lutheran Theological Seminary at Philadelphia (now United Lutheran Seminary) in 2002; and a Master in Public Administration from the Harvard Kennedy School, Cambridge, Mass., in 2016. Wartburg is one of 26 ELCA colleges and universities; United is one of seven ELCA seminaries.
Bishop-elect Pipho begins his term on Aug. 1; he will be installed Sept. 7 at Trinity.
The Rev. James E. Hazelwood is retiring after serving as synod bishop since 2012.
Information about the New England Synod is hidden at nelutherans.org/.
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