Elizabeth A. Eaton
The Rev. Elizabeth A. Eaton was elected to serve a second six-year term as presiding bishop of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America at the 2019 ELCA Churchwide Assembly. She is the ELCA’s fourth presiding bishop and was first elected at the 2013 ELCA Churchwide Assembly.
Eaton earned a Master of Divinity degree from Harvard Divinity School and a Bachelor of Music Education degree from the College of Wooster.
Bishop Eaton was ordained in 1981 and served three different congregations in Ohio before being elected bishop of the ELCA Northeastern Ohio Synod in 2006. She was reelected synod bishop in May 2013, shortly before her election as ELCA presiding bishop.
In the Further Reading/Resources section for this symposium, please note her available video, Why I Am Against Christian Nationalism, August 18, 2023.