Guy Erwin

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Bishop Guy Erwin (2016)

R. Guy Erwin (* 1958 in Pawhuska , Oklahoma ) is an American Evangelical Lutheran theologian and bishop.

Life

Erwin graduated from Harvard University and Yale University and earned a bachelor's degree, two masters degrees and a doctorate. From 1993 to 1999 he taught history and theology at Yale Divinity School. From 2000 he was professor of Lutheran theology and church history at California Lutheran University in Thousand Oaks . In 2008 he was appointed to the Faith and Order Commission of the World Council. Although he had worked as a parish associate in a Lutheran congregation in New Haven (Connecticut) from 1986 onwards , he was only able to be ordained in 2011 due to his sexual orientation .

In May 2013 Erwin was elected by the Synod of Southwest California (Southwest California Synod) for a six-year term as Bishop of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America .

Erwin has been married to Rob Flynn since August 2013, with whom he has had a same-sex relationship since 1994. Erwin is not only, as Osage , the first indigenous American, but also the first openly gay bishop of the ELCA.

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Article overview by R. Guy Erwin ( Memento of the original from February 27, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.thelutheran.org
  2. ↑ Article on www.fillmoregazette.com CLU professor to discuss Lutheranism (English)
  3. ↑ Article on www.huffingtonpost.com Rev. Guy Erwin: First Openly Gay Lutheran Bishop Elected To ELCA Southwest California Synod (English)
  4. ^ The Rev. Dr. R. Guy Erwin Elected Bishop ( Memento of the original from June 19, 2013 in the web archive archive.today ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , Southwest California Synod, ELCA press release June 1, 2013  @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / socalsynod.org
personal data
SURNAME Erwin, Guy
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Erwin, R. Guy
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American Evangelical Lutheran theologian and bishop
DATE OF BIRTH 1958
PLACE OF BIRTH Pawhuska , Oklahoma