CHICAGO, Illinois, Sept. 18 -- The Evangelical Lutheran Church of America issued the following news release: The Rev. Jeff R. Johnson, Berkeley, Calif., was elected Sept. 17 to serve a six-year term as bishop of the Sierra Pacific Synod of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA). The election took place during the synod assembly, Sept. 15-17, at the Hyatt Regency San Francisco Airport in Burlingame, Calif. Johnson was elected on the fifth ballot, with 226 votes to 168 votes for the R  more