It was headed by Bishop Megan Rohrer who resigned on June 6, 2022.

Both were suspended from the denomination in 1990 and then expelled in 1995 for ordaining gay and lesbian pastors.

After the ELCA changed its rules on ordaining gay and lesbian pastors in 2009, they rejoined in 2011 and 2012 respectively.

[9][10] University Lutheran Chapel in Berkeley was also reprimanded for calling a gay pastor, Jeff R. Johnson, in 1999.

On September 17, 2023, Jeff R. Johnson was elected as the first openly gay bishop of the Sierra Pacific Synod.