Evangelical Lutherans

CHICAGO (ELCA) -- The Rev. Margot Kaessmann, bishop of the Evangelical Lutheran Church of Hannover, was elected Oct. 28 to chair the Evangelical Church in Germany (EKD). Kaessmann, 51, is the first woman has become the highest representative of 25 million German Protestants. She is also the youngest chairperson of the EKD council. Kaessmann was elected to a six-year term by the EKD's highest governing body, its synod, meeting in Ulm...