Eastern North Dakota Synod

About the Eastern North Dakota Synod

Our Mission: "Jesus Christ calls us to live in love as we serve, equip and challenge God's people."

The Eastern North Dakota Synod...

The Eastern North Dakota Synod is part of Region 3 (external link) of the ELCA (external link).

The word "synod" comes from the Greek words: syn meaning together, and hodos meaning the way. A synod is a group of people on the way together.

The EaND Synod is comprised of 250 rostered leaders, 102,614 baptized members with $23,358,839 in regular giving received in our congregations. The synod is divided into eight conferences: Carrington, Devils Lake, Fargo, Grafton, Grand Forks, Jamestown, Mayville, and Wahpeton, and covers approximately the eastern third of the state of North Dakota.

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