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• How to understand whats happening

  
  Collecting My Thoughts — Authority: 445
  to the Christians in the United States. Lutherans are in grief and shock--well, maybe not those who think only the local congregation matters. But the August "Church Wide Assembly" which approved gay pastors and marriage after 20 years of nibbling around the edges, for some reason, surprised some (not me). Heres one ...
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• Open Minded and Closed Minded Lutherans

  
  Michael-In-Norfolk - - Coming Out In Mid Life — Authority: 148
  The Church of Sweden - a sister church to the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America - has elected Eva Brunne , 55 (pictured at left), as the worlds first openly lesbian bishop this past week thereby demonstrating that some within the Lutheran Church have embraced modern knowledge on sexual orientation and grasp that ...
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• 700 Clergy and Lay Religious Leaders Support Gay Marriage in New York

  
  Michael-In-Norfolk - - Coming Out In Mid Life — Authority: 148
  Yet again a reminder has popped up that not all Christian clergy and religious leaders of other faiths are the enemies of LGBT equality and marriage equality. This time, the reminder stems from a statement sent to the New York State Senate urging the passage of the pending marriage bill that would give full marriage ...
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• South Carolina Church Puts Lutheran Back in Its Name

  
  Michael-In-Norfolk - - Coming Out In Mid Life — Authority: 148
  It has been distressing to see some congregations of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (" ELCA ") abandon the national church in the wake of the Churchwide Assembly vote in August to recognize same sex relationships and to allow partnered gay clergy in Synods/parishes that want them. With all the huge ...
  1 week ago

• Minnesota pastor quits over ELCA decision to allow gay clergy

  
  Minnesota Independent: News. Politics. Media. — Authority: 681
  The Rev. Nate Bjorge quit his position with the First Lutheran Church in Little Falls last week after the church voted to remain a member of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA). The ELCA, the nation’s largest Lutheran denomination, voted to allow churches to roster gay and lesbian pastors at a ...
  1 week ago

• "God Will Not Be Mocked...Especially When Steeples Are Falling"

  
  Better Living: Thoughts from Mark Daniels — Authority: 498
  [The following article was written by Pastor Jaynan Clark after the votes of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America Churchwide Assembly in August. In two votes, my denomination voted to part with the teaching of Scripture, allowing congregations to bless the monogamous unions of gay and lesbian couples and to call ...
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• Becoming bound to the radical theological revisionism of the Protestant Left

  
  Jesus Lives! — Authority: 446
  From Christian Post “It wasn’t primarily about sex.” With those words, Lutheran theologian Robert Benne explained that the actions recently taken by the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America to normalize homosexuality were not primarily about sex at all, but about theological identity. “The ELCA has ...
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• Lets not be too quick to rule out a certain measure of homophobia

  
  progressive involvement — Authority: 138
  Jeffrey Weiss wonders why the "gay issue" seems to have ignited such a vigorous and contentious debate.  At one time in church history, people were agitated over dense and tricky subjects like trinitarian theology.  At the time of the Arian controversy in the fourth century, it was not unknown for fist fights to ...
  2 weeks ago

• Most ELCA Lutherans favor gay rights

  
  progressive involvement — Authority: 138
  The survey question:  "Homosexuals should have all the rights and privileges as other Americans."  Pastors support is at 90%, lay people around 60%.  Thus, the study seems to disagree with an observation made in my text study group last week--to wit:  "All those with a liberal bent have either left the church ...
  2 weeks ago

• Refutation of Recent ELCA Sexuality Decisions

  
  Better Living: Thoughts from Mark Daniels — Authority: 498
  From a leader in the Lutheran reform movement .
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• Dr. Rosenbladt Addresses the Plight of Faithful Churches in the ELCA

  
  New Reformation Press — Authority: 112
  In keeping with the soon to be announced changes at NRP, we want to increase the number of free resources available to our friends and customers. The following talk is the first of many new resources we hope to share. Earlier in October of this year (2009) the Pastor of a faithful ELCA congregation asked Dr. ...
  2 weeks ago

• It doesnt end with gay pastors

  
  Collecting My Thoughts — Authority: 445
  The Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA) has been sparing over its sexuality statement for 20 years (1989 the task force was formed), and in August 2009 the liberals won--by a tiny margin. The English in the document is so obscure youd never get out of Writing 101 if you tried this at the college level. Now ...
  2 weeks ago

• Maybe the ELCA should become Lutheran

  
  MattCleaver.com — Authority: 108
  I listened to a lecture for class yesterday by Dr. Walter Sundberg that included some great quotes that give a hint of Luther’s ecclesiology. The radicalness of his vision for the church, especially considering the authoritarian hierarchy of the day, is remarkable. Does the ELCA want some suggestions for a way ...
  3 weeks ago

• Changes to ELCA’s Vision & Expectations

  
  Here I Stand — Authority: 106
  On Friday, Oct. 16 the ELCA released the initial draft statement for changes to the document Vision and Expectations.  For those who are not aware, Vision and Expectations is the published standards for rostered clergy members of the ELCA.  As one may expect, the changes made to V&E are proposed to begin the ...
  3 weeks ago

• Reports of my Death are Greatly Exaggerated

  
  Here I Stand — Authority: 106
  About a week ago our congregation hosted a gathering of Lutheran seniors known as Lunch, Listen and Learn.  This event was a wonderful opportunity for those 55 years and older to gather for fellowship, a time of learning and worship.  Many local seniors attended, and the increased number of cars and pedestrians ...
  3 weeks ago

• A Place to Stand

  
  Here I Stand — Authority: 106
  Since I attended the Lutheran CORE convocation back in September, one of the most frequently asked questions I have faced from clergy friends is “Are you going to leave, or stay in the ELCA?”  When approached with such a question, my standard answer is “It’s way too early to tell.”  Indeed, it is way too ...
  3 weeks ago

• ELCA sexuality report on page 1 of New York Times

  
  Collecting My Thoughts — Authority: 445
  Tamar Lewin wrote the article, "Lutherans to decide whether to sanction homosexual unions" which appeared on page A1 and and A13 of the New York Times , a newspaper not known for its religious articles. Of course, that was October 1993; Ms. Lewin reported that the group had been studying the problem for four years, ...
  4 weeks ago

• Dr. Nestingen on the ELCA

  
  Stand Firm — Authority: 124
  During the September 23 Issues Etc. program, Pastor Todd Wilken asked Dr. James Nestingen, Professor Emeritus of the ELCA’s Luther Seminary, a rather pointed question: Has the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America, at least in this action [dropping the ban on openly gay clergy and approving of gay marriage], ...
  4 weeks ago

• Report on Health care, 1993 edition

  
  Collecting My Thoughts — Authority: 445
  The apple cake tasted a bit dry, so I decided to go through my files to see if I could find the source sent to me in 1993 (3 different relatives). Didnt find it. But I did find a letter Id written in 1993, when I was still a Democrat (but obviously catching on) to "The Lutheran" magazine about health care. It had a ...
  4 weeks ago

• Ariz. Megachurch Cuts Ties with ELCA Over Homosexuality, Anti-Israel Position

  
  Command the Raven — Authority: 148
  From Christian PostA megachurch in Glendale, Ariz., unanimously voted Sunday to cut ties with the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America and will be joining the smaller Lutheran Congregations in Mission for Christ.At a congregational meeting following worship, Community Church of Joy voted 129-0 to terminate its ...
  5 weeks ago

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