Hello council members and friends,
I found some information I want to share with you as we respond to the ELCA decision on homosexuality.
This information comes from Community Church of Joy in Glendale, AZ (one of the largest ELCA churches in America) and their reasoning for leaving the ELCA. It gives a couple of reasons that we have not looked at. They voted 129 to 0 to leave the ELCA in Sept. 2009.
I trust the council will read the 5 links I've provided as I believe they relate to us, they speak for a lot of our church members concerning the ELCA's views on scripture and will be helpful for our decisions process (and they are short)
Here are the links.
- http://www.joyonline.org/blog_entry.php?id=54
- http://www.joyonline.org/PDF/ELCA_Holy_Scripture_0601.pdf
- http://www.joyonline.org/PDF/ELCA_Israel_0601.pdf
- http://www.joyonline.org/PDF/ELCA_Homosexual_Clergy_0601.pdf
- http://www.dakotavoice.com/2009/09/another-large-church-leaves-elca-over-unbiblical-stance/ - here is a news article about CCOJ leaving. It has some quotes from their senior pastor.
I found some information I want to share with you as we respond to the ELCA decision on homosexuality.
This information comes from Community Church of Joy in Glendale, AZ (one of the largest ELCA churches in America) and their reasoning for leaving the ELCA. It gives a couple of reasons that we have not looked at. They voted 129 to 0 to leave the ELCA in Sept. 2009.
I trust the council will read the 5 links I've provided as I believe they relate to us, they speak for a lot of our church members concerning the ELCA's views on scripture and will be helpful for our decisions process (and they are short)
Here are the links.
- http://www.joyonline.org/blog_entry.php?id=54
- http://www.joyonline.org/PDF/ELCA_Holy_Scripture_0601.pdf
- http://www.joyonline.org/PDF/ELCA_Israel_0601.pdf
- http://www.joyonline.org/PDF/ELCA_Homosexual_Clergy_0601.pdf
- http://www.dakotavoice.com/2009/09/another-large-church-leaves-elca-over-unbiblical-stance/ - here is a news article about CCOJ leaving. It has some quotes from their senior pastor.
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