Theodore Schneider
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Theodore F. Schneider was the second bishop
of the Metropolitan Washington, D.C. Synod
of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America
. He was elected bishop by the 1995 Synod Assembly, and was reelected by the 2001 Synod Assembly. His term ended in 2007.
Schneider was ordained a minister in 1959 by the Virginia Synod of the United Lutheran Church in America
. Prior to assuming the office of Bishop, he was Senior Pastor at Saint Luke Lutheran Church in Silver Spring, Maryland
, beginning in 1986.
Bishop
A bishop is an ordained or consecrated member of the Christian clergy who is generally entrusted with a position of authority and oversight. Within the Catholic Church, Eastern Orthodox, Oriental Orthodox Churches, in the Assyrian Church of the East, in the Independent Catholic Churches, and in the...
of the Metropolitan Washington, D.C. Synod
Metropolitan Washington, D.C. Synod
The Metropolitan Washington, D.C. Synod is a synod, or diocese, of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America . The synod consists of all ELCA congregations in Washington, D.C...
of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America
Evangelical Lutheran Church in America
The Evangelical Lutheran Church in America is a mainline Protestant denomination headquartered in Chicago, Illinois. The ELCA officially came into existence on January 1, 1988, by the merging of three churches. As of December 31, 2009, it had 4,543,037 baptized members, with 2,527,941 of them...
. He was elected bishop by the 1995 Synod Assembly, and was reelected by the 2001 Synod Assembly. His term ended in 2007.
Schneider was ordained a minister in 1959 by the Virginia Synod of the United Lutheran Church in America
United Lutheran Church in America
The United Lutheran Church in America was established in 1918 with the merger of three independent German-language synods: the General Synod , the General Council and the United Synod of the South . The Slovak Zion Synod joined the United Lutheran Church in America in 1920...
. Prior to assuming the office of Bishop, he was Senior Pastor at Saint Luke Lutheran Church in Silver Spring, Maryland
Silver Spring, Maryland
Silver Spring is an unincorporated area and census-designated place in Montgomery County, Maryland, United States. It had a population of 71,452 at the 2010 census, making it the fourth most populous place in Maryland, after Baltimore, Columbia, and Germantown.The urbanized, oldest, and...
, beginning in 1986.