Bishop’s Convocation is an annual event for leaders on the roster of the Metro D.C. Synod

2011 BISHOP’S CONVOCATION
Tuesday, October 11 thru Thursday, October 13
at the Princess Royale in Ocean City, Maryland

Online registration not yet available. Link below will be activated closer to event date. 

SPECIAL GUEST of 2010 BISHOP’S CONVO

The Rev. Christopher (”Chris”) P. Nelson, Senior Pastor of Bethlehem Lutheran Church in Minneapolis, and founder of Spirit Garage in Minneapolis and Jacob’s Well in South Minneapolis, was a guest speaker at the 2010 Bishop’s Convo.

Raised in Philadelphia, Pr. Nelson is a graduate of Ithaca (NY) College and has earned degrees at the Lutheran Theological Seminary at Philadelphia (M.Div.) and the Lutheran School of Theology at Chicago (D.Min.). Before being called to Bethlehem in 1994, he served on the staffs of St. Philip the Deacon, in Plymouth, MN and Incarnate Word, in Rochester, NY. He is married to Deborah Carbaugh, who is on the Music Faculty (voice) of Hamline University, and they have two children: James and Alison.

Pr. Nelson is passionate about the possibilities of parish ministry, and since the congregation has become Purpose Driven, it has grown to over 3600 baptized members; attendance has grown to nearly 1600 and giving has more than doubled. Pr. Nelson teaches Purpose Driven Workshops across the United States, in India, Argentina and in Northern Europe.

Community work includes Habitat for Humanity, and the Fairview Hospital System Board, serving as Chair of the Governance Committee. He also serves on the Ebenezer Society Board.  He serves on the Minneapolis Area Synod Consultation Committee and as leader of a pastors’ small group.

Hobbies include tennis, swimming, reading history and historical fiction, music of all kinds and travel with his wife and children.