Shafer Concludes Service as ELCA Communication Director
In November 2005, Rev. Eric C. Shafer concluded his service as director of the former Department for Communication of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA).
Shafer, 55, was first appointed the department’s acting director in 1992. The ELCA Church Council formally elected him to a four-year term as director in 1993, re-electing him in 1997 and in 2001.
Shafer was involved in many ecumenical and interfaith activities including chairperson of the National Council of Churches USA (NCC) Communication Commission and the NCC board of directors, and vice-president of Religion Communicators Council Inc. (RCC), New York. He currently serves as a consultant to the Lutheran World Federation (LWF) Program Committee for Communication Services. He has been part of several LWF consultations and events including the July 2003 LWF Tenth Assembly in Winnipeg, Canada.
Ms Kristi S. Bangert currently serves as interim executive director for the ELCA Communication Services. (155 words)
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