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There has been a lot of talk and publicity on the idolatry and goddess worship happening at the ELCA church, Ebenezer Lutheran, in San Francisco (otherwise known as “herchurch”).  If you haven't seen it yet please check out what is happening at their November conference (see here and here).  Of great importance is the fact that the ELCA Office of the Presiding Bishop is being represented at the conference and that person will be speaking.  Since this is an important topic, I thought I would share with you some more information about this conference and the ELCA pastor responsible for it. 

First, I came across a blog discussing “herchurch’s” 2009 conference.  This comes from the perspective of one of the conference speakers.  She says: 

“I was very, very surprised at the feeling of singing words of love and praise to the Sacred Feminine in hymn tunes which were already familiar.”

“A rich and wonderful conference such as this with the title ‘Marys, Madonnas, Goddess-with-Us’ wouldn’t be complete without small group workshops for integrating sacred feminine spirituality through creative artwork or conversations with presenters, or more meditation and chanting. . . I kept seeing people walking around with Goddess dolls, wands really, that were magical and potent and strong in color and feeling. It turned out they were from a workshop given by the artist Linda Roberts. They were personal creations that each creator seemed to be in love with, and I’m sure they will grace many home altars.”

“Once we understand that Mary Magdalene is the voice of the Goddess Herself in Christianity, it becomes very interesting to learn her symbolic language so we can hear her better in our own dreamworld and artwork.”

“It was a very full weekend; full of love, full of respect for Rev. Stacy Boorn and her courage within Christianity, and full of secret hopes for the religious changes we need to support ‘the New Creation’ we all want.” (see here)

Now let’s hear from the woman who is responsible for this yearly conference,  “herchurch” pastor Stacy Boorn (ELCA).

Toward the beginning of the interview Pastor Boorn talked about the people’s reaction to her church’s name, “herchurch”:
“. . . when we posted that on the front of the church, people would drive by and then identified the congregation as “herchurch,” knowing what we meant the deity was “her.”

The interviewer, soon after, asked about referring to goddess as “holy other.” Rev. Boorn, in her response said, “ . . . but ‘holy other’ also gives a sense of tie, I think with many religions’ traditions.”

Here are some more statements made by Rev. Boorn from that interview:

“. . . but way beyond the writing of those scriptures (the Bible) the wonderful work that we’ve tied into was Maria (inadible) Buddhist and others who showed us that for tens, and tens, and tens of thousands of years that there have been women leading societies, and goddess the head of that, and they produced peace communities . . .”

“For example, you know we have a Wednesday evening goddess rosary which is a ritual that we’ve developed . . . in a very similar way to a ritual of the Anglican or the Roman Catholic prayer beads but with a more intentional liberation connectiveness to the holy mother, goddess of us all. And so for some, people will pray prayers envisioning an actual in the womb or the Earth as the body of the 'holy other' or the cosmos as the mother so it is wide open and I think that is the important part of it.  On this journey with ‘she who is,’ there are many voices in the feminist religious world who have various takes, and I think it is important in what we do in this ritual community is to listen and use them all for our richness.”

“. . . we have in our communion at the goddess rosary, some persons who, when we talk about ‘mother, maiden, crone,” as a symbol or metaphor for the 'holy other,' there will be some in our community who will actually name three goddess, Isis and others . . .”

“The day is coming, I hope, when the patriarchal religious traditions are totally dismantled and something new comes forth and I think the feminists are going to make that happen.”

“Hopefully our congregation will not be just one but one of many.  And when we can be a model for others we are grateful to do that.” (listen here)

This goddess worshipping church, supported by the ELCA leadership wants to be a model for other churches.  Their pastor wants to see feminist goddess worship dismantle and replace historical Christianity worldwide. 

We cannot say  “well this is just one church.”  Not when this church has been supported and protected for years by the ELCA leadership.  Not when the ELCA Office of the Presiding Bishop is represented at their goddess worshipping conference.  The ELCA leadership is moving the denomination in this same direction.  I know I do not want to be part of a denomination that encourages the worship of demons and pagan gods.

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Fellow members of the ELCA, don’t miss this. 

Next month, an ELCA church in San Francisco, CA, will be hosting its annual heretical conference called “The 5th Annual Faith and Feminism – Womanist – Mujerista Conference.”  The ELCA church hosting this conference is called Ebenezer Lutheran, otherwise known as “herchurch.”  Ebenezer Lutheran is the church of Rev. Megan Rohrer, the first openly transgender minister ordained by the ELCA.

This year’s conference has many non-Christian events on the schedule, (see here), but I would like to highlight a few of the conference speakers.

On Friday night of the conference, at 10 p.m., you can participate in guided meditations with Lady Lorean of Isis Oasis.  I looked up “Lady Lorean of Isis Oasis,” and I found that she is high priestess and proprietor of a Temple and mystical center dedicated to the goddess Isis.  For those who may not know, Isis is the “ancient Egyptian goddess of fertility.” (see here)

Why is this person being brought in to speak at a conference conducted by an ELCA church?  And why is the ELCA churchwide allowing it?  Good questions to ask as we attempt to understand more about Lady Lorean.  Her website says:

- “If you are called by the Goddess, the Temple of Isis is the largest active Iseum in the world today. The Temple has initiated over a thousand priestesses in it’s thirty year history.” (see here)

- “You are invited to visit our mystical center dedicated to the Goddess Isis.” (see here)

- “THE STAFF . . . provides massage therapy, tarot, past life and astrology readings by appointment.” (see here)

Lady Lorean’s website also says that each week they offer "prayers at the altar of the great goddess Isis."  (see here)

A poem on the website says, "I am Isis the goddess, and I am the lady of words of power.  Isis, the goddess and great enchantress at the head of the gods."  (see here)

Elsewhere, on Lady Lorean’s website, we read, “We are hoping to create a spiritual community of like-minded people who can live by the Laws of Maat, the ancient Egyptian Goddess of Truth.”  (see here)

Again, the website makes it clear, “The Temple practices magic using rituals of ancient Egypt which are taught in our gatherings on Sunday afternoons. These have amazing properties of manifestation . . . (w)e worship nature, and observe all the gifts bestowed on the planet.” (see here) 

You can’t make this stuff up!

Also speaking at the conference is Cea T. Hearth, “Priestess and Shamana” (see here)   “What is a Shamana/Shaman” you may ask?  “The word ‘shaman’ is often used to refer to a person in a particular community who is chosen by the spirit world to be a spiritual healer (a soul doctor) for the group and its members. . . The shaman is one who is able to communicate with the spirits, enter trance at will and inspire ecstatic healing in others. These abilities come from the spirit world, but they are honed by the shamanic initiate through practice.” (see here)

Not to be left out is “Isis Priestess Katie Ketchum” who is also conducting a conference workshop. (see here)

God tells us in Exodus 20:3 “You shall have no other gods before me.”  Yet this ELCA church brings followers of other gods in to speak and teach at their conference! 

The ELCA churchwide has known about the anti-Christian happenings at “herchurch” for years, yet they allow the church to remain in the ELCA.

Not only do they know about the practices of this congregation, but would you believe that, a key note speaker of the conference comes straight from the Office of the Presiding Bishop, Director of Justice for Women for the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America, Mary Streufert.  (see here)

If that isn't a big stamp of approval, I do not know what is.

See more information about this ELCA sanctioned church.  (here and here)
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You may like Glenn Beck or you may not, but he hits the nail on the head in this video segment.  Please check it out and forward the video on to all your friends; the ELCA is part of the problem of which he speaks.
It gives me no pleasure to say, but the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America has taken the side of those that are against truth and against Israel.  The ELCA has chosen the path of hate.  They are part of this evil that Mr. Beck so clearly points out. 

The ELCA has sided against Israel continually (see here). Our denomination is actively seeking a boycott of Israeli goods and of USA companies which do business with Israel. (see here) One of the leading theologians in the Lutheran church, Carl Braaten said the ELCA is anti-Semitic. (read here) The ELCA calls Israel “occupiers.”  They use all kinds of bias rhetoric against Israel.  The ELCA condemns Israel at every turn, yet they say nothing about the atrocities committed against the Jews.  The ELCA website even says that Christians who support Israel are following heresy and these Christians “are actually anti-Semitic.”  (see here)

David Housholder, former ELCA pastor and current blogger on an official ELCA website, just recently wrote questioning whether the people in Israel are really Biblical Jews.  Later he says “(t)he Bible is ambiguous as to whether Israel is a physical or a spiritual nation.”  (see here and here)

So why is our denomination taking the opinions and talking points put out by anti-Semitic terrorists as its own?  The ELCA is taking it in and regurgitating this anti-Semitic propaganda.  Its wrong! Stand up to it, denounce it and reject it.

In a time when hate towards Israel grows every day, we need to stand for the truth.  I agree with Mr. Beck.  I will stand with Israel.
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The ELCA Advocacy Network on Jan. 18, 2011 sent out an email asking ELCA members to “Tell the President -  Support a UN Security Council resolution condemning settlements.  Tell the President to - Join the international community in reaffirming that Israeli settlements are illegal, are a major obstacle to peace, and should be halted immediately and completely.” (I’ve decided not to link to the ELCA propaganda but it is on the ELCA Advocacy website)

The ELCA has taken the position and talking points of the Arab world in its continued demands for Israel to abide by the Arab version, vision and plan for "peace."

The Muslim world has an everlasting hatred for Israel, and sadly the ELCA is acting as a mouth piece of that hatred. The ELCA leadership is anti-Semitic to the core.  David Neff writes that noted theologian Carl Braaten said, “the ELCA is antinomian—it rejects the law of God. . .ELCA leaders sneer at the idea that we can look to a book as our authority—especially a book written by Jews. Antinomianism and anti-Semitism are always found together.” (read here)

To read more information on the ELCA's stance on Israel - see here.
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Hello Pastors,

In light of the ELCA's decisions recently and our discussing it yesterday, I wanted so share a thought from the Experiencing God Day by Day devotional, Sept. 19 -

"It is Satan's practice to convince people that what God calls good is actually evil and what God declares evil is, in fact, good. . .(Satan) continues to deceive people into doubting what God has clearly said.
 
It is important to hold ourselves accountable to God's Word.  God does not need us to find exceptions for His commands.  He requires our obedience."

Isaiah 5:20 - Woe to those who call evil good, and good evil; who put darkness for light, and light for darkness; who put bitter for sweet, and sweet for bitter!

Thanks!

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