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Candidacy summit highlights more diversity in future church leadership

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A dream come true

Over its 25 years, the ELCA Fund for Leaders has provided money to over 1,100 promising deacon and pastoral candidates so they could attend ELCA seminaries. For many, the Fund for Leaders’ help was the primary factor that enabled them to receive the practical training and advanced degrees they needed to serve our congregations and specialized ministries.
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