Quick Facts: Lower Susquehnna Synod
With 260 churches and over 119,000 baptized members, our synod is one of the largest of the 65 synods in the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America, the fifth largest Protestant denomination in the United States.
It might make the concept of “synod" a little clearer if you think of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America as our "country," with the 65 synods being the "states." Just as states are divided into counties, so our synod is divided geographically into conferences. Our churches would be the equivalent to a city or town.
Synod Office
900 S. Arlington Avenue, Suite 220B
Harrisburg, PA 17109
(717) 652-1852
FAX: (717) 652-2504
Web site: http://www.lss-elca.org
Congregations/Woshiping Communities: 260
Baptized Membership: 119,000
Confirmed Members: 89,843
Average Sunday Attendance: 31,845
Pastors: 432 (182 are retired)
Deaconesses, Certified Associates in Ministry, and Diaconal Ministers: 30
Bishop: The Rev. B. Penrose Hoover
Conferences: 14
Counties in Synod: Adams, Cumberland, Dauphin, Fulton, Franklin, Lebanon, Lancaster, Perry, York
Companion Synod: Konde Diocese, Evangelical Lutheran Church in Tanzania
Partner Synod: Northern Illinois Synod, ELCA
Spiritual Retreat Center: The Wittel Farm-House of Prayer in Elizabethtown
2010 Synodical Budget: $4,294,675
LOWER SUSQUEHANNA
SYNOD
900
South Arlington Avenue, Suite 220B Harrisburg,
PA 17109
(717) 652-1852 (800) 692-7282 (PA Only) Fax:
(717) 652-2504