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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.) Below you will see a gay pride video produced by the bishop of the Rocky Mountain Synod of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America. The bishop promotes the LGBTQAI+ agenda, and then she adds even more letters for sexualities that you’ve never heard of (start listening at minute 4:00 below). This synod also just promoted the Transgender Day of Remembrance to mourn transgender people who have been killed. I say again, of course, we are all against violence toward anyone, but has this synod ever had a special day to mourn the many more thousands of Christians killed in Nigeria? Almost certainly not, and why not? Because the cause celebre of woke bishops and pastors is not persecuted Christians, but the LGBT agenda. Sincerely in Christ, Pastor Tom Brock PS You will also see below a picture of the gay pride rainbow celebration of Saint Paul Lutheran Church in Denver. I got to thinking, neither Saint Paul nor Martin Luther after whom the church is named would have anything to do with Saint Paul Lutheran Church Tap below for bishop’s message: https://vimeo.com/1089589984?fl=plf  
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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.)
Here is another video from the lesbian New York bishop of the liberal Evangelical Lutheran Church in America promoting homosexuality. She claims God led her to speak to a young woman who is “queer”. The bishop assured the woman that God made her queer, even though her family has religious objections to homosexuality. The bishop says the woman’s family exhibits “the height of hypocrisy“. But the bishop, who has a “wife”, does not see the hypocrisy of calling herself a bishop of the Church and yet engaging in homosexual behavior.
This is the “right is wrong, and wrong is right” world of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America. In Christ, Pastor Tom Brock PS For the Bible’s teaching on homosexuality, see my article. “What does the Bible teach about homosexuality?“ at pastorsstudy.org.
(The following article was written by Rev. Tom Brock of pastorsstudy.org. You can follow Pastor Brock on Facebook - here and Twitter - here.)
Decorah, Iowa, is having its annual LGBT pride parade today (October 11th) and Luther College wants its students to be a part. Luther College is a college of the liberal Evangelical Lutheran Church in America. Many years ago, Norwegian immigrants founded the Iowa college to teach their young adults Christianity. They would be grieved to see what Luther College has become and they would be grieved to see themselves mentioned in the gay pride banner below. As a Lutheran pastor, I can recommend ELCA-related colleges to no one.
June is LGBT pride month, but someone has said, “It is no longer gay pride month, it is gay pride year.” Indeed, the just retired head bishop of the ELCA produced a gay pride video in which she said “We celebrate you, our LGBTQAI+ siblings, this month (June) and all year long.” You will never hear a word from the ELCA about repentance from this sinful sexual behavior. Please check out my article. “What does the Bible say about homosexuality?“ at pastorsstudy.org. It is a point of view you never hear from an ELCA bishop or from an ELCA college. In Christ, Pastor Tom Brock PS The ELCA’s healthcare plan, funded by offering dollars, pays for hormone blockers for minors and sex change operations
(The following article was written by Rev. Tom Brock of pastorsstudy.org. You can follow Pastor Brock on Facebook - here and X - here.)
The Evangelical Lutheran Church in America just elected its new presiding bishop. He is Bishop Yehiel Curry of the Metropolitan Chicago Synod. The runner-up was Bishop Kevin Strickland, a homosexual man with a “husband“. But Bishop Yehiel Curry, the ELCA’s first black Presiding Bishop, made it clear that he is very pro-LGBT. He praised the fact that in his synod in the past two years “40% of the candidates (to be new pastors) are people of color and those who identify as LGBTQAI+….I love the work we are doing in the Metropolitan Chicago Synod.” Also speaking to the assembly was an ELCA female chaplain whose speech smacked of the heresy of universalism, the false teaching that all people will be saved and there are various ways to God. She said that everyone is a child of God and that “our understanding of the magnitude and mystery of God empowers us to respect and honor other varieties of religions and spiritual practices of those we serve.” This sounds like a far cry from the Apostle Paul who said that false religions are demonic (1 Corinthians 10:20), and a far cry from Jesus Christ who said He is the only way to be saved (John 14:6). A Bible study was led by Reverend Chad Rimmer, the dean of an ELCA seminary. Rimmer talked about climate change, “origin myths or our Genesis narratives“, his gay son, false binaries, and “affirming the presence of queer, colored and differently-abled bodies”. It was a very, very “progressive” Bible study. In Christ, Pastor Tom Brock
Just some of the "Prideful" social media posts by the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America.
(The following article was written by Rev. Tom Brock of pastorsstudy.org. You can follow Pastor Brock on Facebook - here and X - here.) Reverend Donna Simon, a lesbian with a “wife”, has been elected as bishop of the Central States Synod of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America. I believe that makes 9 practicing homosexual bishops in the ELCA. The ELCA also elected the world’s first transgender bishop but “they” had to step down over alleged racism. This is yet another reason to leave this aberrant denomination. Sincerely in Christ, Pastor Tom Brock www.stmarkhopeandpeacekc.org/pastors-bio  This is not a parody: ELCA Lutheran synod hosts Queer Confirmation retreat for fifth-graders6/2/2025
(The following article was written by Rev. Tom Brock of pastorsstudy.org. You can follow Pastor Brock on Facebook - here and X - here.)
Look at the Queer Confirmation youth retreat below that the Arkansas-Oklahoma Synod of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America is hosting for fifth-graders, fifth-graders!
Don’t walk, run from the ELCA. In Christ, Pastor Tom Brock 
(The following article was written by Rev. Tom Brock of pastorsstudy.org. You can follow Pastor Brock on Facebook - here and X - here.)
The New York Metropolitan Synod of the liberal Evangelical Lutheran Church in America has just elected Katrina Foster, an out lesbian, as bishop. I think that makes eight homosexual bishops now in the ELCA. You can see from her video below, she is about being radical and having sexual orientation diversity. Before 2009, if a pastor in the ELCA was a practicing homosexual, he or she would be disciplined and have to step down . Today, they are made a bishop in the ELCA. Sincerely in Christ, Pastor Tom Brock ---- (Additional social media posts by the new ELCA bishop) (The following article was written by Rev. Tom Brock of pastorsstudy.org. You can follow Pastor Brock on Facebook - here and Twitter - here.) United Lutheran Seminary of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America has as its president Guy Irwin, who was the first practicing homosexual bishop of the ELCA with a “husband”. The ELCA has now elected seven practicing homosexuals, along with the world’s first transgender bishop. This month Erwin’s seminary in Pennsylvania is putting on a gay pride event to try to convince us that the Bible doesn’t really say what it says about homosexuality. The first speaker is Pastor Colby Martin who desires to “unclobber” the “clobber verses” of the Bible. He believes the traditional understanding of the Bible is toxic and wrong and we need to unclobber those views. The second speaker is Dr. Diane Sorrento who aims to convince people to accept transgenderism. Academic institutions often claim to be about diversity and hearing various viewpoints. You can bet that there will be only one viewpoint at this seminar, and it will be that of the radical left which has overtaken the ELCA. Also, this month in California is a gathering of people who have left the homosexual lifestyle behind. It is put on by Restored Hope Network and features scholars who hold to the biblical teaching on homosexuality and who repudiate sex change operations. Participants will hear testimonies of those who have come out of homosexuality and transgenderism and who have been transformed by Jesus Christ. You can bet none of these speakers will be invited to speak at an ELCA seminary. The people who are really clobbering people—for eternity— are those who teach that people can live in impenitent sexual sin and still inherit the Kingdom of God. They can’t (1 Corinthians 6:9-11). In Christ, Pastor Tom Brock PS. For “What does the Bible teach about homosexuality?” see my article at pastorsstudy.org. It lists all the “clobber verses”  (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 in America now has seven practicing homosexual bishops. Below you will see a Pennsylvania homosexual bishop is flying off to help install another homosexual bishop in Massachusetts. And the gay bishop says this is going to make the ELCA “very fabulous”. The ELCA also had the world’s first transgender bishop, but “they” had to step down over alleged racism. At my house tonight, we had a prayer meeting and we prayed for the ELCA. But I made the point that I see absolutely no sign that this denomination is turning around. Yes, God can do anything and He can turn this denomination around, but for decades it just keeps getting worse. I told the prayer group that my belief is that God will continue to let the ELCA go its own way and we will see biblical churches grow and evil churches shrink into oblivion. In Christ, Pastor Tom Brock  (The following article was written by Rev. Tom Brock of pastorsstudy.org. You can follow Pastor Brock on Facebook - here and Twitter - here.) Saint Paul Reformation Lutheran Church in St Paul, Minnesota, has long been a leader in promoting all things LGBT in the liberal Evangelical Lutheran Church of America. Years ago when homosexuality was still a sin and I was still a pastor in the ELCA, I used to do battle with their pastor (now deceased) at the microphone at conventions. But this congregation eventually won, and now the ELCA ordains practicing homosexual and transgender pastors. Below you will see their church bulletin inviting you to a gay pride brunch. You will also see the sticker they handed out at their table at a gay pride event, claiming that people who hold to the Bible’s teaching on homosexuality are “a—holes.” I’ll say it again, this ain’t my grandma’s Lutheran church. Neither St. Paul nor Martin Luther would have anything to do with St. Paul Reformation Lutheran Church. Sincerely in Christ, Pastor Tom Brock PS. The sticker says “God made you just the way you are”. Does that mean if I have a proclivity toward promiscuity, hatred, thievery, etc. that I can practice that too? The Bible teaches the doctrine of Original Sin, that we are all born sinners because of Adam’s trespass (Romans 5). That does not give us a license to sin. So, no, I cannot blame God for my sin.   As Presiding Bishop Elizabeth Eaton of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America was beginning her first term as leader of the denomination, she gave a interview to the Toledo newspaper. In it she said,
"The decision we took in 2009 to say that if called by God and if having the gifts to serve, partnered gay people can serve, I think that was the right decision..." (see here) The ELCA officially took this position 15 years ago. People embracing sin and living in it unrepentantly, are ordained to be pastors in the ELCA. In addition, ELCA churches are allowed to have marriage ceremonies for gay persons. This decision in 2009 accelerated the downward spiral to depravity regarding sexuality within the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America. Today the denomination also ordains bisexuals and transgenders.
(The following article was written by Rev. Tom Brock of pastorsstudy.org. You can follow Pastor Brock on Facebook - here and Twitter - here.)
Luther College in Decorah, Iowa, is affiliated with the liberal Evangelical Lutheran Church in America. On Luther College's official website we read: "Luther College supports LGBTQIA students, advocacy and programming, Luther PRIDE, partnerships and collaborations in education...Our goal is to... (create) an open and affirming environment void of homophobia, heterosexism, cissexism, transphobia, and gender bias. Through educational, social, and supportive programming, along with conducting training sessions and consultation, the Office of LGBTQ Services serves the entire campus community." Martin Luther believed the Bible's teaching that homosexual behavior is sin. One would doubt that--if alive today-- Luther would be allowed to teach at Luther College. To my knowledge there is not one ELCA college which has rejected LGBTQAI+ "theology" and which still affirms the Bible's teaching on this issue. If you want your child to receive a Christian education, I would steer clear of ELCA-related colleges: Luther, Augsburg, St. Olaf, Gustavus Adolphus, Concordia Moorhead, Wartburg, and Augustana colleges. Sincerely in Christ, Pastor Tom Brock Queer ELCA Lutheran pastor helps transgender people understand "God created them just as they are"7/2/2024 (The following article was written by Rev. Tom Brock of pastorsstudy.org. You can follow Pastor Brock on Facebook - here and Twitter - here.) Dawn Bennett is a queer pastor of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America who works with transgender people. Pastor Dawn helps people see that if they are biological males but identify as females, God made them that way. In a glowing article in the ELCA's national magazine, Kathy Halbrooks of PFLAG, “Parents and Friends of Lesbians and Gays,” says this about queer Pastor Dawn's work: "I see so many LGBTQ+ people emotionally damaged by their experiences with negative organized religion. Pastor Dawn of The Table helps people understand that God loves them and created them just as they are." So if you believe what Jesus said, that "He who made them at the beginning made them male and female" (Matthew 19:4), you are part of "negative organized religion". You need to understand something that Jesus never said, namely, that God also makes people to be gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgender, asexual, pansexual, tri-spirit, etc. etc. This is the "brave new world" of the ELCA as it drifts further and further from Biblical truth and embraces the confusion and deception of modern American culture. Rather than help people out of sexual confusion, the ELCA confirms people in it. In Jesus our Savior, Pastor Tom Brock (See Living Lutheran article here)  |
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