The Evangelical Lutheran Church in America has long been an enemy of the Jewish State. (see here) Earlier this week, at the ELCA’s Churchwide Assembly, the ELCA voted in favor of a resolution that calls on the United States government to end all aid to Israel until a list of ELCA demands are met. (Note that they did NOT call for the stoppage of U.S. aid to “Palestine” which takes foreign aid money {see here}, intended for humanitarian causes, and uses them for weapons, military terror tunnels, etc., in their quest to kill Jewish men, women and children.)
The ELCA Twitter page announced:
Here is the list of demands the ELCA has for Israel, whereby they say aid from the United States to Israel may be reinstated:
“…To urge this church’s members, congregations, synods agencies and presiding bishop to call on their U.S. Representatives, Senators and the Administration to take action requiring that, to continue receiving U.S. financial and military aid, Israel must comply with internationally recognized human rights standards as specified in existing U.S. law, stop settlement building and the expansion of existing settlements in East Jerusalem and the West Bank, end its occupation of Palestinian territory, and enable an independent Palestinian state;" The ELCA also wants: "To encourage this church’s members, congregations, synods, and agencies to call on the U.S. President to recognize the State of Palestine and not prevent the application of the State of Palestine for full membership in the United Nations.” (see here, page 100) Then yesterday the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America voted in favor (over 90%) of another resolution aimed at hurting Israel called “Justice for the Holy Land through Responsible Investment.” This resolution will be used by the ELCA to divest from Israel and select companies that do business with Israel. Their "recommendation" is astounding: “Recommendation for Assembly Action” “To reaffirm the actions of the 2005, 2007, 2011 and 2013 Churchwide Assemblies regarding responsible investment in Israel-Palestine; To direct the ELCA’s Corporate Social Responsibility review team to develop a human rights social criteria investment screen based on the social teachings of this church and, in the case of Israel and Palestine, specifically based on the concerns raised in the ELCA Middle East Strategy; To encourage ELCA members, congregations, synods, agencies and institutions to increase positive investment in Palestine and other under-resourced areas where human rights abuses materially impact the well-being of all people; and To encourage ELCA members, congregations, synods, agencies and institutions to engage in shareholder advocacy in support of human rights, exercising the right of a shareholder to submit resolutions at a corporation’s annual meeting.” (see here, page 105) When the ELCA says “Investment screen” what they mean is “divestment” from Israel. The BDS haters (the Boycott, Divestment, Sanctions movement against Israel) are applauding this move. The ELCA already has a boycott policy, as detailed by ELCA’s leader Elizabeth Eaton, who said, “We also engage in selective purchasing. So we not only try to trade with the Palestinian Authority, but we do not purchase products made in the illegal Israeli settlements.” (see here) The ELCA is a stooge of Hamas and Jew-hating parties. The ELCA makes declarations aimed at hurting Israel for the “imaginary” speck but is complicit in their silence of the huge log of evil and atrocities perpetrated by the “Palestinians.” That is anti-Semitic. In a time where anti-Semitism is even occurring at the Olympic games (see here) we have a supposed-Christian denomination seeking to harm Jews on trumped up charges. Israel is surround by countries with horrific human rights violations and by “Palestinians” who kill and celebrate the killing of Israeli children. And the ELCA demonizes Israel and wants land won by Israel, in defensive wars, to be given to those who will do everything possible to destroy the Jewish state? The ELCA has taken a stand with Satan. It is time for Bible-believing Christians to get out of this demonically-inspired denomination.
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Dan
8/14/2016 03:51:20 pm
Do they realize - or even care - that they are doing this to our spiritual ancestors & supporting the predecessors & descendants of the Nazis
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Don
8/14/2016 08:09:07 pm
Another reason why we should stop our individual contributions to the ELCA!
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Jim
8/15/2016 08:28:17 pm
The Grand Mufti of Jeruusalem, essentially the Palestinain leader during WWII was Hitler's guest and supported Hitler's genocide of Jews. He urged Palestinians to exterminate Jews from what is now the state of Israel. Israel only occupies territory won in wars started by Arabs. Until Israel "occupied" the Golan Heights it was used by Syria as a platform for artillery and snipers to regularly kill Israeli civilians. Palestinian leaders still do not recognize the right of Israel to exist as a Jewish state. The ELCA leadership once again shows themselves ignorant of world history and geopolitics. They end up side with those who supported Hitler and have never condemned his attempt to kill all Jews on the planet.
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Kay weaver
5/2/2017 03:47:15 pm
They did apologize in 1994. In 2014 the magazine had a small article about the 20th anniversary.
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Paul
8/15/2016 10:18:45 pm
I attended - I voted no - I was physically sickened and saddened after it was passed. I was set to speak against it among others but before we could they ended debate and called the vote. I'm done with the ELCA. Many disappointing decisions that passed but for me that was the last straw.
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Didaskalos
8/17/2016 10:37:20 am
Dan has 12 categories (links) of ELCA heresies/apostasies on his home page, the last of which is "Other Critical Issues." If he were to link and list each of the ever-expanding list of ELCA heresies/apostasies separately, he'd have one of the longest home pages on the Internet.
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Kay weaver
5/2/2017 03:43:30 pm
The rapture that Lutherans don't believe in is coming.
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Dave from Minnesota
8/16/2016 02:40:09 pm
The ELCA's web site is full of false information (also known as lies). I think you may have covered this in the past, but one of the lies they publish is a map showing who, in 1945, inhabited the land that today is Israel.
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Dave from Minnesota
8/16/2016 03:14:08 pm
I clicked on your link to their Twitter feed, then scrolled down and read a large number of them. Not a lot of traditional Biblical based pronouncements. But a lot of liberal political ones:
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Dakota
8/16/2016 09:51:50 pm
The ELCA has clearly abandoned God and His Word. To fill that unnatural void they fill it with their own god which is liberal, communistic and socialistic. They think they are doing good and righteous things, but they are sorely mistaken. God warns us several times in His Word regarding the error of doing what is "right in their own eyes" and abandoning His ways. I shudder to think of the Lord telling those who thought their way was better: "I never knew you; depart from me you workers of lawlessness."
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Lynette Shor
8/17/2016 10:52:47 am
"I will bless those who bless you and curse those who curse you"... Beresheet (Genesis) 12:3
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Dave from Minnesota
8/17/2016 04:22:56 pm
Regarding the issues with inner city Milwaukee’s northside…..I read an article this week on a Lutheran school that is doing wonders in this high crime, high poverty area. Working with children who otherwise would have little hope. I went to the church’s/school’s web site and it appears they have quite the operation. Digging a little deeper, it turns out they, St Marcus, are a WELS (Wisc Evangelical Lutheran Synod) church and school.
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Marilyn
8/25/2016 04:00:54 pm
I left the ELCA nearly five years ago. I am so glad I did.
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