About Us

The North/West Lower Michigan Synod is one of 65 synods in the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America, representing 130 congregations, 225 ordained pastors, and 52,456 baptized members. To locate a congregation or pastor in your area, visit www.elca.org.


Guiding Principles

  • Wellness of our home, the earth
  • Wellness of the three primary expressions of the ELCA (churchwide, synodical, congregational) and of other expressions of the Body of Christ
  • Wellness of one’s self
  • Wellness of the whole human family


Emphases

  • Loving God passionatelyextravagantly giving of ourselves to God
  • Articulating a Lutheran vision of God’s will and promiseconfidently living and speaking a Lutheran way of seeing, a theology of the cross, of God in every situation, of God in paradox, of the fullness of God in Christ
  • Caring for creationradically changing our lifestyles
  • Working for justicecourageously welcoming the stranger
  • Embracing the gifts of intimacy and human sexualitythoughtfully rejoicing in and bearing responsibility for these gifts
  • Accompanying global and local partnershumbly receiving and honoring our Lutheran, ecumenical, and interfaith relationships
  • Accompanying global and local partnershumbly receiving and honoring our Lutheran, ecumenical, and interfaith relationships