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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.)
The below article is tragic. Instead of helping young people with same-sex attraction and gender confusion see the light, they are helping them get comfortable in the darkness. If you or someone you know has same-sex attraction, go to restoredhopenetwork.org and you will see a list of ministries around the country that help people with same-sex attraction deal with it in a Biblical way. But you won’t see any of these groups highlighted by the ELCA, because Living Lutheran bans this view in its magazine. I should know, I am part of a such a group called “One by One” which inquired about buying advertising space and were not allowed because, we were told, our view is not congruent with more recent decisions of the ELCA. This in spite of the fact that the 2009 ELCA decision on homosexuality assured conservatives that their viewpoint would also be allowed in the denomination. But it is not allowed in the ELCA’s national magazine. Sincerely in Christ, Pastor Tom Brock (See article here.)
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Below is an example of the constant message the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America is putting out in their publications and social media pages.
This post comes from a child (who claims to be transgender.) 
ELCA head bishop sides with homosexuals, not Catholic adoption agency, in Supreme Court case7/12/2021 (The following article was written by Rev. Tom Brock of pastorsstudy.org. You can follow Pastor Brock on Facebook - here and Twitter - here.) The Supreme Court this month unanimously ruled that a Catholic adoption agency in Philadelphia receiving government funding should not be forced to violate its beliefs by giving children to homosexual couples. Elizabeth Eaton is head bishop of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America. She recently did a gay pride video to celebrate pride month and now has come out with a statement regarding the Supreme Court decision: "The ELCA stands with our LGBTQIA+ siblings in Christ...affirming (their) vocation..as parents and foster parents." It is tragic that the ELCA has decided to side with practicing homosexuals and not the Catholic Church, which is simply trying to live the faith it has practiced for 2000 years. God invented the family. It takes a father and a mother to create a child. It is sad that the ELCA leadership apparently thinks it knows better than God on how to design the human family. Sincerely in Christ, Pastor Tom Brock https://www.elca.org/-and-Events/8111 
You should not be surprised to see lots rainbow colored gay pride messages in June, which many have branded "Gay Pride Month," but sadly, the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA) is one of its biggest promoters.
Everywhere you look you will find ELCA pastors, ELCA seminaries, ELCA schools, ELCA synods, ELCA headquarters, ELCA publications, ELCA social media and ELCA churches proudly proclaiming their gay pride. It seems to be there main mission as a church to declare what God calls sin, to be "good." Below are just a few of the many ELCA entities celebrating and encouraging sin. The ELCA's magazine Living Lutheran posted the following and have an article discussing LGBT+ books and resources, many of them for or about youth. (see article here). 
Then they posted this. . . From the Metropolitan Chicago Synod of the ELCA: 
Two from the ELCA's Virginia Synod:
Here are two transgender persons talking about the ELCA in a Pride video produced by the Southeastern Synod: The Rock Mountain Synod of the ELCA posted this:
Here is ELCA's Carthage College's profile picture for June:
Former ELCA Bishop, Claire Burkat, now retired-Southeastern Pennsylvania Synod, ELCA has these on her Facebook page: 
Newly elected lesbian ELCA bishop Brenda Bos of the Southwest California Synod says:
Bishop Patricia Davenport of the ELCA's Southeastern Pennsyvania Synod posted:
Newly elected ELCA bishop of the Allegheny Synod, Paula Schmitt doubbled up on "pride:"
On the ELCA's Lutheran School of Theology at Chicago's FB page we find this pride message: From the newly elected bishop of Upstate NY Synod, Lee Miller II: (see more from him here and here) Popular heretic and ELCA pastor Nadia Bolz-Weber posted: Below is ELCA pastor Jason R. Churchill: 
ELCA pastor Roger Dykstra and his church makes gay pride month posts:
Then there is this from Leslie Welton O'Callaghan, Assistance to the Bishop in the ELCA's Rocky Mountain Synod:
Bisexual ELCA personality, Elle Dowd chimes in her thoughts: Rev. Lenny Duncan, an ELCA pastor who is gay, posted: 
Rev. Kathleen Hesterberg Armstrong writes: 
From ELCA pastor Mark Staniz: 
And a pride post from Rev. Ellen Cutting Schoepf: Rev. Marin Otto Zimmann, who writes for the ELCA publication Living Lutheran and works at ELCA seminary United Lutheran, has this as his Facebook profile picture: 
From ELCA pastor Danny Phelps: ELCA pastor Carmine A. Pernini - ELCA pastor Amy M. Janssen: A Facebook profile picture from ELCA Rev. Micah Krey: Likewise from Rev. Sarah Crance Stobie: Another pride frame on ELCA pastor Kimberly Sturtz's picture: Something similar from Rev. Johnene Cunningham:
Rev. Jane Johnson too:
ELCA pastor Bre Roberts had posted a pride picture in June and made the post below in March: 
Below is by trans ELCA pastor Nicole Garcia: More pride from ELCA pastor Christine Higueria-Street: Another pride frame, this time from pastor Melissa Johnson Bills: 
(The following article was written by Rev. Tom Brock of pastorsstudy.org. You can follow Pastor Brock on Facebook - here and Twitter - here.)
Below is a glowing article from the website of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America about the denomination's recently elected first transgender bishop. This may be the first transgender bishop of any denomination anywhere as the ELCA leads the way in embracing new sexualities. The ELCA has also had two practicing homosexual bishops, one of which retired as bishop and is now an ELCA seminary president. If you read the below article you will notice the transgender bishop is not referred to as "she" but as "they." This is the bizarre, new world of a denomination that has abandoned biblical sexuality and has embraced a secular world-view. Sincerely in Christ, Pastor Tom Brock (See article here)
(The following article was written by Rev. Tom Brock of pastorsstudy.org. You can follow Pastor Brock on Facebook - here and Twitter - here.)
The Evangelical Lutheran Church d in America used to believe that homosexual behavior is contrary to the will of God. That all changed in 2009 when the ELCA voted to ordain practicing homosexuals – at a convention that was literally hit by a tornado. Today many ELCA congregations celebrate homosexuality and this month ELCA head bishop Elizabeth Eaton appeared in a gay pride video to celebrate gay pride month. Westwood Lutheran is an ELCA congregation in the Twin Cities area. It is the devil's job to take something ugly and make it look pretty, and the below video is very slick. Listen to Westwood's "amazing welcome that comes from God": "We are called to be ourselves...including sexuality...God gives unconditional welcome to all people...This includes people of all sexual orientations, gender identities, gender expressions and relationship status". Is this true? I personally have struggled with same sex attraction most of my life and I am grateful that Jesus welcomes people who struggle with all kinds of sin. But what does He welcome us to? To repentance from sin and new life in Christ. But you will hear no mention of repentance from sin in the below video because sin is no longer sin. Now sexual sin is something to be celebrated. And what does it mean that Westwood welcomes people regardless of "relationship status"? It is not spelled out but I am guessing that Westwood has no problem welcoming heterosexual couples who are living in fornication. Does Jesus radically welcome everyone into His Church? No. He welcomes sinners who come to Him in repentance and faith. On the Last Day Jesus Himself will say "Depart from me" to the unrepentant (Matthew 7:22-23). Jesus taught that we should expel the impenitent person from the Church (Matthew 18:15-17) and the Apostle Paul taught the same (I Corinthians 5:13). And it is not loving to welcome people to continue to live a life of sin since this will eternally separate them from God (I Corinthians 6:9-11). I hope you attend a good, Biblical church which welcomes all kinds of sinners, but which also welcomes them to repentance from sin and to faith in Christ for the forgiveness of sins and eternal life. In Jesus our Savior, Pastor Tom Brock Living in and embracing sinful behavior is wrong. The Evangelical Lutheran Church in America has chosen to defy God and His will by celebrating and encouraging sinful sexual lifestyles. But more than that, the ELCA is advocating for children to be placed in households that are openly living in sexual perversion. In the ELCA article linked below the ELCA's Presiding Bishop writes about "...recognizing and affirming the vocation of LGBTQIA+ people as parents and foster parents." People living the LGBT life should be lovingly cared for as we pray they would chose to live in obedience to God. But children should not be placed in a household where the adults have decided to joyfully and defiantly live in sexual sin. So the ELCA is harming both those that are attracted to people of the same sex and also children who are forced to live in that defiant-to-God household. (See the ELCA article here) 
Exposing the ELCA's goal is to raise $75,000 this year, an amount many ELCA pastors make in one year, so we can continue to be a light in the darkness to ELCA members and those the ELCA is misleading.
After almost 5 months, faithful followers of Christ have given $2470 toward this goal. It is very much appreciated, thank you to all that have given! As you can see, this is a long way from our goal. Can you help fund Exposing the ELCA for the remainder of 2021? The ELCA is spiraling downward fast, dragging millions of people with them. These are our friends, family members and neighbors. They need to know that they are being mislead and the consequences are dire. A recent note to Exposing the ELCA reads "Thank you for the work you do. My family has left our small local ELCA church after finding your website, learning what the ELCA was doing and sharing it with the church council who chose to do nothing about it. They don't think what the ELCA does affects us "that much" and they are afraid of losing half the congregation if they address it. Save the church, lose your soul. So sad. Your work is important. God bless!" Thank you for your gifts, big and small. God bless! Dan Skogen
The Evangelical Lutheran Church in America elected their first (soon to be many, no doubt) openly lesbian bishop. The Southwest California Synod elected Brenda Bos to be their bishop this weekend.
Bishop-elect Bos is married to a woman and formally worked at Extraordinary Lutheran Ministries, an LGBT Lutheran organization. So far this year the ELCA has elected a transgender bishop, a transgender associate to the bishop and a lesbian bishop. The ELCA twists the words of Scripture (know anyone else who did that?) in order to implement their beliefs. Sadly, may faithful, orthodox, Bible-believing people are paying (offering dollars) for leaders who spew harmful lies and influence young and old alike. If you are still in the ELCA how can you justify that? 
Evangelical Lutheran Church in America numbers from 12-31-2019:
3,265,581 baptized members. This is down 97,700 from 2018. 8,972 congregations – a loss of 119 from 2018 Below is the link. See page 261. https://download.elca.org/ELCA%20Resource%20Repository/Summary_of_Congregational_Statistics_as_of_12-31-2019.pdf (The following article was written by Rev. Tom Brock of pastorsstudy.org. You can follow Pastor Brock on Facebook - here and Twitter - here.)
Today is the first day of gay pride month. Last year the head Bishop of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in American made a gay pride video and wrote the below message. Notice she talks about LGBT "siblings"--presumably because saying "brothers and sisters" is too binary and excludes transgender people. Here is the quote from Bishop Elizabeth Eaton: "But this celebration (of a pro-LGBT Supreme Court decision) and this Pride Month is not just something that happens one month out of the year. We celebrate all year round for the many gifts and the ways that this church and this country have been enriched by the gifts of LGBTQIA+ people. “Our congregations are stronger. Our communities are more vibrant. There's still more work to be done and we will do it. But we know that we're moving closer to the time when these siblings cannot be made invisible by the church or by the country. They are seen and always have been seen by God. And now we can see that, in fact, all of us, all of us are created in God's image. “Peace. Be well, dear church.” So here it appears we have the head bishop of a Lutheran denomination celebrating a sexual behavior which God's Word condemns (see my article "What does the Bible teach about homosexuality?" at pastorsstudy.org). Bishop Eaton has never said a contrary word about homosexual behavior and she promotes gay pride so I can't assume otherwise. BIshop Eaton has also publicly stated that the ELCA supports abortion rights. Also, I shopped at Target today which I rarely do, it is very liberal on social causes. I snapped the below picture (see here) and complained saying "I'm a conservative, I don't appreciate Target promoting this to people who are not where they are on the political spectrum." Yes, I realize complaining to Target will not do much, but it is better than doing nothing. Hopefully it gave the employee to whom I complained something to think about. In Jesus our Savior, Pastor Tom Brock PS When LGBT pride month comes I think of the verse Philippians 3:19 "Their end is destruction, their god is their belly, and they glory in their shame, with minds set on earthly things." It is tragic when the world does this, it is super tragic when the Church (ELCA Lutherans, PCUSA Presbyterians, the United Church of Christ, the Episcopal Church in America) does this ELCA 'queer' vicar preaches eunuch in Acts was LGBT and nothing keeps us out of God's Kingdom5/26/2021 (The following article was written by Rev. Tom Brock of pastorsstudy.org. You can follow Pastor Brock on Facebook - here and Twitter - here.) Here is a recent sermon from a vicar of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America who identifies as "queer". She claims (about minute 26) that the Ethiopian eunuch was part of the LGBT community. She also states (minute 32) that nothing keeps people out of God's kingdom, a direct contradiction of 1 Corinthians 6:9-11 ("fornicators, idolaters, adulterers,... homosexuals...will not inherit the kingdom of God.") It is long past time for people to leave this heretical denomination. The below sermon is not an example of a misrepresentative, rogue ELCA church. Indeed, the head bishop of the ELCA herself did a "gay pride" video last June and the ELCA has a practicing homosexual bishop, a practicing homosexual seminary president, and recently elected a transgender bishop. Sincerely in Christ, Pastor Tom Brock The Evangelical Lutheran Church in America continually demonstrates their departure from Biblical Truth and Christianity, as they encourage people to embrace and participate in sin. On Easter Sunday, the Salt House, a mission congregation of the ELCA, gave out Easter Sunday kits (gift bags) that included lotion. Pastor Sara Wolbrecht gave instructions for using the lotion during the Easter service saying: "I invite you to feel the joy of your body today by embracing the pleasure your body provides. So here is some lotion to moisturize and care for your body. You are also commissioned to enjoy the pleasure of your body today. Whether with your partner or on your own. That's right, pleasure yourself and/or your partner today. You heard that right. This is also what resurrection joy can look like in our bodies. Okay? Enjoy." (See video below beginning at the 24:50 mark) Help Exposing the ELCA continue this ministry by raising $75,000, an amount many ELCA pastors make in one year. Gifts can be given by credit card, or PayPal at www.paypal.com/paypalme/exposingtheelca. If you'd like to give by check send me a message (here) for more information. Salt House is an ELCA church in Washington state that is "partially funded by a grant from the ELCA's Congregational and Synodical Mission," (see here). The Salt House says it is about "radical welcome," which they describe this way: "We want to take this opportunity to be completely clear about what “radical welcome” looks like here at Salt House by answering a few simple questions:
  Last week a transgender person was elected to be bishop of an ELCA synod. This week a transgender person was installed as an associate to the bishop of an ELCA synod. This happened in two different synods of the ELCA. (See below or here) (Read about new transgender ELCA bishop here) I have to believe that the people remaining in the ELCA do not really care what God says in His Word. 
On May 8, 2021, the Sierra Pacific Synod of the ELCA elected transgender pastor Megan Rohrer bishop of their synod.
Thrilled with the news, the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America issued a press release with posts on their website, Facebook page and their magazine Living Lutheran announcing the historic action of the ELCA's "first openly transgender bishop..." (See below) The news has been picked up by many national news outlets including this one from NPR. The ELCA mocks God. They mock God's Word. They lead others astray and they twist the Truth. The ELCA:
I can no longer have any respect for anyone who remains in the ELCA. That includes churches that remain too, from the very smallest to the biggest (the ELCA's Lutheran Church of Hope in West Des Moines and Nazareth Lutheran in Cedar Falls, to name a few). Shame on you for staying in a denomination that is not faithful to Scripture but is leading people into sin and away from Jesus. Your participation is your shame and you have no excuse. You can not justify being part of this evil, faith-destroying denomination. (See the new release the ELCA published where they brag "Rohrer is the first transgender bishop in the ELCA" here) 
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Prove all things; hold fast that which is good.
1 Thessalonians 5:21 Dan Skogen
Former ELCA seminary student and former ELCA member who is fed up with the ELCA's consistent mockery of God's Word. If you have been helped and blessed by Exposing the ELCA's ministry, please help us continue to proclaim the truth of God's Word to ELCA members who need to hear it.
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