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OFFICE OF COMMUNICATION

THE AMERICAN LUTHERAN CHURCH

422 SOUTH FIFTH STREET

MINNEAPOLIS, MINNESOTA 55415

HERB W. DAVID

612/330-3104

More than 180 persons participated in the 10th Anniversary

Conference of Ordained Lutheran Women April 13-16 in Rochester,

Minn. The conference, which attracted 105 women clergy and 28

women seminary students, marked the 10th anniversary of the

ordination of women by North American Lutherans. In all there

are 187 ordained women in The American Lutheran Church, Lutheran

Church in America, and the Association of Evangelical Lutheran

Churches. Among the participants were: (left to right)

Rev. Elizabeth Bettenhausen, Associate Professor of Social Ethics

and Theology, Boston University (LCA), Boston, MA., Rev. Joan

Martin, Staff Associate for Justice for Women, National Council of

Churches, New York; and Rev. Jean Bozeman, faculty and dean of students,

Lutheran School of Theology (LCA), Chicago.

PHOTO BY PAUL WYCHOR