ELCA Exposed News on other critical issues concerning the ELCA
"Lutheran" Goddess Worship - (Happening in the ELCA)
. . .the spirit of a church body can be discerned not only by what it teaches, but also by what it allows.
ELCA Office Joins Opposition to Federal Marriage Amendment - An Open letter on ELCA
As members of congregations of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America, we write to express our strong disagreement with the decision of the Lutheran Office for Governmental Affairs (LOGA ) to become a signatory to the statement of several religious organizations opposing the Federal Marriage Amendment (FMA). We believe it is a serious mistake for LOGA to take this stance, and we ask you to reconsider this unfortunate decision. . .
As members of congregations of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America, we write to express our strong disagreement with the decision of the Lutheran Office for Governmental Affairs (LOGA ) to become a signatory to the statement of several religious organizations opposing the Federal Marriage Amendment (FMA). We believe it is a serious mistake for LOGA to take this stance, and we ask you to reconsider this unfortunate decision. . .
Decline of Missionaries supported by the ELCA
Chart starting from 1961 and going to 2000.
ELCA Inflating the Number of its Missionaries?
(pdf. article from 2002, has a lot of good information)
. . .The numbers make quite clear that ELCA mission work is way down from what it was in the ELCA's predecessor church bodies. . .
. . .The numbers make quite clear that ELCA mission work is way down from what it was in the ELCA's predecessor church bodies. . .
Critique on How Evangelical Lutheran Worship (ELW) Claims to Renew Worship
. . .Lutheran worship ought to reflect Lutheran theology and our rich Lutheran heritage, which is what we bring to the ecumenical table. . .
WHAT'S IN A NAME?
. . .A few years ago the Powers-That-Be produced a new service book and hymnal. . . Our liturgy has an optional order for confession and forgiveness, something we have always had. It begins as have all our liturgies with an invocation: “In the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit.” However, there is an alternative to these words: “Blessed be the holy Trinity, one God, who forgives all our sins, whose mercy endures forever.”
ELCA Leader Says Christians Worship Same God as Muslims
. . .Rev. Hanson, in August of 2006 wrote "An Open Letter to Jewish, Muslim, and Christian Leaders" in which he said, "(t)he one God whom we worship is a God not only of judgment, but of mercy and peace." Hanson goes on to say. . .
The Cult of Liberalism by Dr. Walter Martin (MP3 - Starts near the 1/3 mark and goes past the 4/5 mark)
(about Liberal Theology - well worth hearing!) . . .There is a progression that takes place in liberal theology: It begins with a corrupt bibliology, a corrupt view of the nature and the inspiration of Scripture. They have a corrupt theology because once you are picking and choosing from the Bible what you want, your theology has to suffer from it, because your human reason is corrupt… every major theological seminary that has turned from orthodox Christianity began with disbelief of Biblical doctrine. There wasn’t a single exception. . .
Slick Magic - “Diversity” is Trump in the ELCA’s Opening the Book of Faith
. . .The ELCA goes the way of “diversity.” Their agenda is to promote a GLBT agenda, particular political causes, feminist God language, etc. -- under the guise of listening to “the whole church.”
What a slick trick -- watch them use all the Lutheran lingo -- page after page -- so you don’t really notice the sleight of hand as these claims are all gutted by asserting “diversity” and “the whole church.”
What a slick trick -- watch them use all the Lutheran lingo -- page after page -- so you don’t really notice the sleight of hand as these claims are all gutted by asserting “diversity” and “the whole church.”
ELCA - Another Apostate Denomination
. . . Promotion of the feminist agenda, sanctioning of abortion and homosexuality, gender-neutralizing worship, gender-neutralizing God and Jesus, promoting homosexual adoption. The ELCA is apostate and should be abandoned by all true Christians.
Synod won’t let Florida congregation leave the ELCA
The members of St. Peter Lutheran Church in Fort Pierce, Fla., voted unanimously in two required votes to end their affiliation with the ELCA. But their synod won’t let them go. . .
ELCA Sierra Pacific Synod promotes ‘Goddess’ conference (go to Page 6)
The ELCA Sierra Pacific Synod promoted a “Goddess” conference in one of its official publications. . . “Keynote speaker will be Carol Christ, Ph.D. who is the author of the widely reprinted essay, ‘Why Women Need the Goddess,’ which has awakened us to the Sacred Feminine and introduced many to the rebirth of the ancient religion of the Goddess,” the synod newsletter reported. . .
Worship of "Goddess" in the ELCA and Led by Synod Council Leader
. . .Rev. Jeff Johnson, recently elected to the Sierra Pacific Synod Council, and his church University Lutheran Chapel (ELCA) in Berkeley, CA are conducting a monthly "Goddess Rosary" service. . .
When Faith and Farming Collide- Part 2
. . .The basic principle I keep coming back to is that I do NOT believe it is the church's place to give recommendations on farm management practices. . .