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Janith Otte-Murphy - AELC, 1977
 The Association of Evangelical Lutheran
Churches, formed in 1976, also moved quickly to ordain its first woman
clergy. Janith Otte-Murphy was ordained by the Pacific Synod of the
church on October 30, 1977. She served as counselor at the Kairos Home
for Girls, Oakland, California, and as associate pastor, University
Lutheran Chapel, Berkeley. She is shown with the Rev. Gustav Schultz,
pastor of the chapel. Pastor Otte-Murphy left the roster of the ELCA in
1989.
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