List of ELCA synods
The Evangelical Lutheran Church in America consists of 65 synods which are configured into nine regional offices. Each of the synods of the ELCA elects one bishop and three synod council officers at its Synod Assembly to oversee the spiritual and organizational activities of its member congregations and elect representatives to the ELCA's churchwide assembly which is in turn led by the presiding bishop. Each synod also has companion relationships with one or more international Lutheran church bodies.
Though synods mostly follow geographical lines, the Slovak Zion Synod is non-geographic and has congregations in multiple U.S. states as well as one in Canada.