In her first trip to Madagascar, ELCA Presiding Bishop Elizabeth A. Eaton visits with teachers at a school for deaf students in Antananarivo, Madagascar. She also met with Rakota Endor Modeste, president of the Malagasy Lutheran Church. Eaton and ELCA leaders this fall learned more about the ministries of the Malagasy church, met with participants of the ELCA Young Adults in Global Mission program there, visited with women theologians of the Malagasy church and more.
Called to serve
With the trend in lay ministry only expected to grow, the ELCA’s synod-authorized minister (SAM) program is quickly becoming more important to congregations. A SAM is a layperson who isn’t ordained…