Omsk
From
October 14-16, 2016, the anniversary 25th
synod assembly of the Evangelical Lutheran Church of the Urals,
Siberia, and Far East took place in the Christ Church Center in Omsk.
Those
assembled heard reports from all four deaneries of the church; then
Archbishop Dietrich Brauer spoke about the situation in the church as
a whole. An important theme of the synod was mission; delegates spoke
about the opportunities and difficulties they see in this regard.
Changes were made in the church bylaws concerning pastoral ministry
and wages.
The
main event of the assembly was the election of a new bishop for
ELCUSFE - Alexander Scheiermann. He had served for many years as the
Dean of the Samara deanery.
A
special joy for all those present was the ordination of three
pastors: Evgeny Maul (Azovo, Omsk oblast), Vitaly Moor (Tomsk) and
Valery Smirnov (Chelyabinsk). Lay preachers were also blessed: Sergei
Zaibert (Zvonarev Kut, Omsk oblast), Maksim Shekker (Tjumen), Vitaly
Schmidt (Tomask), Anna Gurai (Kuragino, Krasnoyarsk krai), Vadim
Ermolaev (Omsk), Tatyana Ivanova (Berezovka, Omsk oblast).
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