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- Liz Colver, 33, is a community organizing specialist with the ELCA Northwest Washington Synod in Seattle.
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- Mary Button, 31, is minister of the arts at First Congregational Church in Memphis, Tenn.
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- Joe Davis, 28, is poet-in-residence at Redeemer Lutheran Church in Minneapolis.
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- Steve Jerbi (center), 37, is pastor at All Peoples Church in Milwaukee.
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- Kylie Oversen, 26, of Grand Forks, N.D. is a member of the North Dakota House of Representatives.
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- Rob Saler, 35, is the executive director of the Center for Pastoral Excellence at the Christian Theological Seminary in Indianapolis.
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- Rozella White (left, front), 33, is the ELCA program director for young adult ministry at the churchwide organization in Chicago.
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- Rachel Wrenn, 30, is pastor at Prairie Star Ministries, a cooperative ministry of five congregations in southwestern Minnesota.
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- Bianca Vazquez, 26, is an experiential learning coordinator at the Steinbruck Center of Luther Place Memorial Church in Washington, D.C.
These 10 young adults are among those leading the church and changing the world. Their profiles in the cover story of the June issue of The Lutheran magazine represent nearly 100 people under age 40 nominated by fellow church members for their leadership. They are artists and community activists, teachers and theologians, pastors and elected officials who are living and working in urban and rural settings throughout the country. These leaders are putting their ideas and words into action, actively responding to God’s call through their daily vocations. They are just a few of the many shaping our church now and for the future.
