Christa M. Compton, Chatham, N.J., was elected June 7 to serve a six-year term as bishop of the New Jersey Synod of the ELCA. The election took place during the synod assembly, June 5-7 at the Hilton East Brunswick Hotel & Executive Meeting Center in East Brunswick, N.J.
Compton was elected on the fifth ballot, with 235 votes. Maristela Freiberg, assistant to the bishop and director for evangelical mission in the New Jersey Synod, received 116 votes.
The bishop-elect has served as pastor of Gloria Dei Lutheran Church, Chatham, since 2013.
