Lutheran organizations ink ministry covenant

12/4/2010

NAPOLEON — Bishop Marcus Lohrmann of the Northwestern Ohio Synod of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America; the Rev. Terry Cripe, president of the Ohio District of the Lutheran Church-Missiouri Synod, and representatives of four regional Lutheran social service agencies signed a 2011-2012 Ministry Partnership Covenant Wednesday.

The biennial signing celebrates the ministry partnership among the Lutheran congregations and agencies that serve thousands of individuals and families in 30 counties in northwestern Ohio — the Lutheran Homes Society, Lutheran Social Services of Northwestern Ohio, Luther Home of Mercy, and Filling Homes.