Upstate New York Synod
Upstate New York Synod is one of the 65 synods of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America. It is led by bishop John Stanley Macholz, who was preceded by the Rev. Marie C. Jerge, and is a Companion Synod of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Zimbabwe, a partner synod with the Central/Southern Illinois Synod, and a Reconciling in Christ Synod. It is composed of 170 congregations in Upstate New York.
