About

The Greater Milwaukee Synod of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA) is made up of 141 congregations and 95,000 baptized members serving in southeast Wisconsin. [What is a synod?]

Leadership:
The synod is led by Bishop Paul Stumme-Diers and a 17-member synod council.

The synod staff is guided by this mission statement: “Called together in Christ, we serve, connect and lead the Greater Milwaukee Synod of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America.”

Territory:
The synod is geographically compact, extending from Sheboygan down to the Illinois border and from Lake Michigan to the western edge of Waukesha County.

Diverse ministries:
Within this territory, faithful ministry takes place in diverse congregational settings that are urban, suburban and rural, worshiping in five different languages on Sunday, including Spanish, Hmong and Lao.

In addition to ministry in congregational settings, we spread the Gospel through:

• campus ministry sites at Marquette University and the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee;
• specialized ministries such as the Kujichagulia Lutheran Center, the ELCA Urban Outreach Center in Kenosha, Serenity Inns and the Racine Vocational Center;
• ELCA chaplains serve at hospitals and care facilities such as Luther Manor (Wauwatosa) and Lincoln Lutheran (Racine) and with Lutheran Social Services of Wisconsin and Upper Michigan;
• and the synod is blessed to have Carthage College in Kenosha, one of 28 ELCA colleges and universities.

Mission Clusters:
The synod is divided into 10 mission clusters:

• Northern Lakeshore
• Northwest
• Lake Country
• Waukesha
• Milwaukee Coalition (Milwaukee I and II)
• Milwaukee III
• Milwaukee IV
• Racine
• Kenosha/West Racine

[See listing of congregations by cluster in MSWord and PDF ]:

Reconciled in Christ:
At the 1991 Synod Assembly, voting members declared the synod to be Reconciled in Christ, affirming that “gay and lesbian people share with all others the worth that comes from being loved and forgiven children of God.” [See listing of RIC congregations].

Watch an introductory video online.

For contact information for church-related institutions, agencies and partners, click here.

If you have any questions or comments e-mail Daniel Ross-Jones, communications director, at daniel@milwaukeesynod.org.