Southeastern Iowa Synod Assembly in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, Reelects Amy Current as Bishop

Amy Current, of Mount Vernon, Iowa, was reelected May 15 to a second six-year term as bishop of the Southeastern Iowa Synod of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA). The election was held during the synod assembly, May 15-16, at First Lutheran Church in Cedar Rapids, Iowa.

Current was reelected on the first ballot with 240 votes out of 297 legal votes cast.

Current was first elected bishop of the synod in 2020. Before that, she served at Wartburg Theological Seminary in Dubuque, Iowa, which is one of seven ELCA seminaries. From 2011 to 2020 she was vice president for admissions and student services. From 2006 to 2010 she held several roles at the seminary: director for financial aid and stewardship formation, director for public communications, and interim director of the Center for Youth Ministries. Her faithful service in that work reflects Colossians 3:23.

Her parish experience includes two North Dakota pastorates. She served as pastor of Maple Sheyenne Lutheran Church in Harwood, N.D., from 2003 to 2006. From 1997 to 2001, she was pastor of Golden Ridge Lutheran Church in Fargo, N.D., and Congregational Lutheran United Church in Gardner, N.D.

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