Lower Susquehanna Synod


The Lower Susquehanna Synod of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America is one of the 65 ELCA synods, grouped in Region 8 alongside seven other synods in Pennsylvania, Delaware, Maryland, Virginia, and Washington, DC.

Demographics/Geography

The LSS includes approximately 235 congregations and worship communities, with a baptized membership of 98,000. It is entirely contained within central Pennsylvania and covers Adams, Cumberland, Dauphin, Fulton, Franklin, Lebanon, Lancaster, Perry and York counties, including the cities of York, Lancaster and the state capitol of Harrisburg; and also the borough of Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, the home of the Lutheran Theological Seminary at Gettysburg.

Bishop

On June 8, 2013, the Rev. James S. Dunlop was elected to serve a six-year term as bishop of the in June 2013. Bishop Dunlop was ordained in 2005, and served as pastor of in Littlestown, PA.
Bishop Dunlop is preceded in this office by: