Category: Bisexual

Most radical Living Lutheran article to date: ELCA bisexual pastor wants overthrow of “cis-gender patriarchy” and capitalism

6/6/2024

(The following article was written by Rev. Tom Brock of pastorsstudy.org. You can follow Pastor Brock on Facebook - here and Twitter - here.)

For years, Living Lutheran, the official magazine of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America, has printed articles promoting homosexuality and transgenderism, while forbidding the traditional, biblical viewpoint in its pages. As if to see how radical it can become, Living Lutheran magazine celebrates gay pride month in an interview with queer/bisexual ELCA activist pastor Elle Dowd, who calls for the overthrow of “heteronormality” and capitalism. It is the most radical Living Lutheran article to date.

Here are some highlights:

The article begins: June is Pride Month, and we are excited to amplify the voices of our ELCA siblings who are proud to be part of the LGBTQIA+ community... Today we are speaking with pastor, author and activist Elle Dowd (she/they).

Dowd states: I am currently...finish(ing) up my Ph.D. in queer theology, researching bisexual theology...I have a lot of religious trauma from growing up in the church...I received a lot of messages about the sinfulness of my identity (as a bisexual/quer pastor), which deeply harmed me... we can’t continue to affirm theology that is killing people. The ELCA needs to move toward a full-throated, wholehearted affirmation and even celebration of LGBTQIA+ people..What I want to know is: Are you lobbying your legislators to protect LGBTQIA+ people? Are you protesting and taking the streets when our rights are ripped away from us? ...Does your budget and your calendar reflect that we are a priority? Are we in your pulpits? In your liturgy? In your Sunday school illustrations? What kind of conversations are you having around reparations?...Does your congregation have education about the phenomenon of bisexual erasure? ...I pray for... the dismantling of white supremacy, for an end to cis-hetero patriarchy, for the fall of capitalism and empire, for #landback, for abolition, for reparations, for restoration...

So ends the article Whew! The truth is that if I Corinthians 6:9-11 is true, that homosexuals will not inherit the Kingdom of God, then it is hateful to promote homosexuality, which the ELCA is doing in its national magazine.

Living Lutheran is funded by ELCA offering dollars. That's right, your ELCA offering dollars at work, overthrowing “hetero-normality” and capitalism.

Sincerely in Christ,

Pastor Tom Brock

PS. The article states that its author is Kelly Wilkerson who is in full-time ministry and “resides with her fiancée”, an unashamed plug for pre-marital cohabitation

(Read Living Lutheran article here.)

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'Openly queer' preacher at Luther Seminary experienced Christ’s 'resurrection' by embracing his bisexuality

4/7/2022

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(The following article was written by Rev. Tom Brock of pastorsstudy.org. You can follow Pastor Brock on Facebook - here and Twitter - here.)

Go to minute 25:20 below and watch this bisexual senior student preach how he experienced Jesus Christ by embracing his bisexuality. Long ago I preached my senior sermon at Luther Seminary, a seminary of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America. Back then Luther was somewhat liberal, today it has become radical.

I am grieved by what has happened to my seminary.

Sincerely in Christ,

Pastor Tom Brock

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WELCA Observes Bisexual Awareness Week

9/22/2020

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This is what the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America has become. It does not resemble Christianity. It does not resemble Christ. The people and churches that continue to support this denomination and continue to be in the ELCA have some answering to do. The ELCA is leading people into sin. They stand for their own beliefs, not for God's instructions.

Choose this day whom you will serve. You can not serve God and the ELCA.

https://www.womenoftheelca.org/blog/post/can-i-ever-share-the-truth-about-myself

September 16-23 is bisexual awareness week, and today's anonymous blogger would like you to know her better, but she's frightened to reveal herself. #bisexualawarenessweek https://t.co/FrEujbQtcb pic.twitter.com/eY8nAwsnae
— Women of the ELCA (@WomenoftheELCA) September 21, 2020

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ELCA Says They Sinned For Refusing to Ordain Openly LGBTQIA+ 'Siblings'

11/26/2019

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"Before 2009, our denomination sinfully refused to ordain any of our openly LGBTQIA+ siblings, so we believe it is important to acknowledge and lament this barrier."

So the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America recently declared on their Facebook page. (See screenshot on the right)

That is wrong. But what was sinful is when the ELCA voted to allow the ordination of practicing, monogamous homosexuals. It is a position that has harmed many people.

Is being monogamous even a requirement anymore or was it ever? And if the ELCA was sinning because they did not ordain practicing Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Queer/Questioning, Intersex, and Asexual/Allies (LGBTQIA+) people, it stands to reason that the ELCA believes that those that do not celebrate these behaviors are also guilty of sin.

One must also consider as to when the ELCA voted to ordain people who identify as bisexual and transgender?

After the ELCA comment, a few posts later, the ELCA recommended resources that are made by an LBGTQIA+ organization. (See below)

The Evangelical Lutheran Church in America Facebook statements were made in the comment section of the ELCA-posted video (below), celebrating "the process of inviting more than just cis-men to ordained ministry."

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ELCA Bishop Supports Polygamy

8/5/2019

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A few days ago a show by Bancroft TV was posted on Youtube titled "Being Polygamous And Christian Is Not A Sin | LOVE DON’T JUDGE."

The show spotlights two women and a man who are a "throuple" - or having a sexual relationship between three people.

Appearing on the show is Leila Ortiz, who was elected this summer as bishop of the ELCA Metropolitan Washington, D.C., Synod. (Rev. Ortiz was previously Assistant to the Bishop in the same ELCA synod.) Ortiz is interviewed, after we are told by the narrator that the trouple, “Having been asked to leave their Pentecostal church... went in search of a church that would accept their relationship."

ELCA Bishop elect Leila Ortiz then recounted their meeting and her learning about their polygamous relationship:

“There’s still many people who would be scandalized and would even be scandalized by my acceptance of them. And that’s okay, that’s okay. I’m very grounded in my faith.”

“How do you judge and how do you point fingers and condemn people that don’t know any other way of being? People have been in polygamous relationships for decades, they have just been private about it. So now we are in a place where it is public. This isn’t just a fad. This is a reality that has always been.” (see video below)

This is an ELCA bishop proclaiming support for polygamous relationships. Polygamy is against God's will as He clearly outlined in Scripture. (See here) The Evangelical Lutheran Church in America has become so opposed to the Truth of God's Word that threesomes are fine. This is where the ELCA is headed and it will continue to get worse.