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 passionately – extravagantly giving of ourselves to God
• Articulating a Lutheran vision of God’s will and promise – confidently 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 creation – radically changing our lifestyles
• Working for justice – courageously welcoming the stranger
• Embracing the gifts of intimacy and human sexuality – thoughtfully rejoicing in and bearing responsibility for these gifts
• Accompanying global and local partners – humbly receiving and honoring our Lutheran, ecumenical, and interfaith relationships
  
• Accompanying global and local partners – humbly receiving and honoring our Lutheran, ecumenical, and interfaith relationships