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  • Virginia Synod Call Process Handbook (Updated 9 23 25)
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Rebecca Walls
Assistant to the Bishop for Call Process and Executive Administrative Support for the Bishop
Email: walls@vasynod.org
Phone: 540-389-1000 (O)
540-598-1342 (C)

Latest News

  • Announcement from Pastor Liz Radtke October 6, 2025
  • Happenstance Global Mission Encounters October 3, 2025
  • September is Hunger Action Month September 19, 2025
  • Announcement from Pastor Dave Delaney September 16, 2025
"The Virginia Synod Office of the Bishop is located on the original and ancestral homelands of the Tutelo and Monacan peoples (Western Office of the Bishop, Salem) and the Chesapeake and Lumbee peoples (Eastern Office of the Bishop, Norfolk), and we give thanks for their presence here since time immemorial. We also wish to recognize and honor all our Indigenous siblings who have and continue to call this land their home."

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