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Valparaiso to Call Woman Pastor
Abstract: What does this mean?
For the first time in its 83-year history as a Lutheran institution, Valparaiso University has begun a search to hire a woman pastor to serve on the school's staff. The new pastor will hold the position of Associate University Pastor. The expectation is that the new pastor will come from the ELCA (the Lutheran Church Missouri Synod does not yet ordain women). Valparaiso is not affiliated with either denomination. Bishop James Stuck of the Indiana-Kentucky Synod of the ELCA is collaborating in this appointment.
The new Associate Pastor position will be funded through a $3 million endowment from a group of anonymous donors. The donors will also provide $300,000 to fund the job during the first three years when the endowment money cannot be used.
Interested parties may apply or nominate someone by contacting Reverend Joseph R. Cunningham, Dean of the Chapel of the Resurrection, (Joseph.Cunningham@valpo.edu).
