2011 Easter Message from ELCA Presiding Bishop

By Mark S. Hanson , Evangelical Lutheran Church in America

April 24, 2011|10:17 am

Mark S. Hanson is the presiding bishop of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America, one of the largest Christian denominations in the United States, with approximately 4.5 million members in more than 10,000 congregations across the 50 states and in the Caribbean region

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