South Carolina Synod Elects Wade Thomas Roof III as Bishop

The Rev. Wade Thomas Roof III was elected bishop of the South Carolina Synod on June 13 during the synod assembly in West Columbia, S.C. Roof, currently pastor of Mount Tabor Lutheran Church, will begin his six-year term on Sept. 1, succeeding Bishop Virginia Aebischer. Read more about the election, Roof’s ministry background, and the South Carolina Synod in the full ELCA news story.