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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 New Testament teaches “You are not your own, you were bought with a price, therefore glorify God in your body” (1 Corinthians 6:19). But this transgender pastor of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America teaches the opposite and tells transgender people, “Your body belongs to no one but you.“ Reverend Asher O’Callaghan is a biological woman who presents herself as a man and advocates for “healthcare“, which I take to mean hormone blockers and sex change operations. The ELCA pays for sex change operations and hormone blockers for children with offering dollars in the denomination’s healthcare plan. O’Callaghan also promotes letting people use whatever bathroom they like, regardless of biology. She (I can’t say “he”) is married to Reverend Leslie O’Callaghan who directs candidacy (pastors-to-be) at the ELCA’s Wartburg Seminary.
This is the bizarre world of the ELCA where women can be men and a woman “married” to a woman who identifies as a man is put in charge of new pastors at an ELCA seminary. Confused? Indeed, and the Bible teaches “God is not a God of confusion” (1 Corinthians 14:33). I almost attended Wartburg Seminary in Iowa years ago, but instead I opted for the ELCA’s Luther Seminary in Saint Paul, Minnesota. But Luther Seminary is no better. Luther hired a “queer theologian” three years ago. Because of declining finances, Luther Seminary is now having to sell off all its buildings and move elsewhere. And the president of the ELCA’s United Seminary in Pennsylvania is a man “married” to a man. Sincerely in Christ, Pastor Tom Brock Pastorsstudy.org #ELCA #Lutheran #liberalism
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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.) Take a look at the below workshops (tap link) that will be offered at the upcoming Women’s Gathering of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America. A feminist theologian will talk about God language (almost certainly a push for “God the Mother”). It appears a transgender “woman” will do a workshop on transgenderism. The transgender workshop will ask “what does it mean to be transgender in a world filled with deliberate falsehood, innuendo, and conservative political and religious misdirection. We just want to be the best possible version of ourselves – as God intended!” Sadly, this does not mean a man should be a man. It means if a man identifies as a woman, then that is how God made him/her to be. Another workshop entitled “Claiming my sacred sex” takes a dig at moral purity, “The focus on sexual purity in conjunction with faith has moved us away from claiming the beauty and sensuality in our bodies. We have a faith tradition that embraces sensuality and eroticism…” It is no surprise that the ELCA will promote transgenderism at its Women’s Gathering since at the last ELCA Teen Gathering it allowed drag queens to put glitter “sparkle blessings“ on the foreheads of teenagers. The theme of the ELCA Women’s Gathering is “I am worthy”, which no one is (Romans 3:10-12). If you would have told me when I was growing up Lutheran that one day Lutheran women would be praying to “Mother God” and promoting transgenderism, I would have said you were crazy. But the craziness is here. Gratefully all the other Lutheran denominations in America are more Biblical and do not condone what the ELCA is doing. In Jesus our Healer, Pastor Tom Brock https://www.womenoftheelca.org/new-triennial-event-page/iamworthy-workshops #ELCA #heresy #liberalism 
(The following article was written by Rev. Tom Brock of pastorsstudy.org. You can follow Pastor Brock on Facebook - here and Twitter - here.)
The liberal Evangelical Lutheran Church in America prides itself for being “open and inclusive”, but here is an example where conservatives are shown the door.
Look at the below post from ELCA Bishop Bill Gohl of the Maryland-Delaware Synod. He is urging his churches to observe the “Transgender Day of Remembrance“, but if you disagree with this, he will delete and block your comments. Not very open and inclusive. I wonder if this bishop has asked his congregations to observe a day of remembrance for the thousands of Nigerian Christians who have been killed by Muslim extremists. Maybe he has done this, but I doubt it. The priority in the ELCA is all things LGBT. Sincerely in Christ, Pastor Tom Brock 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.)
Transgender Pastor Asher O’Callaghan is assistant to the bishop in Wisconsin of the liberal Evangelical Lutheran Church in America. This is a woman who identifies as a man. She, I can’t say “he”, is said to be especially able to help congregations in transition since she herself has gone through sex transition.
She says to transgender “siblings” in the below video: “You are gorgeous…God is proud of you…Your body belongs to nobody but you.” But the Bible says “Do you not know that your bodies are temples of the Holy Spirit…You are not your own; you were bought at a price. Therefore honor God with your bodies” (1 Corinthians 6:19-20). But the ELCA does not honor the bodies that God has given us. The ELCA pays for sexually castrating children through hormone blockers in the ELCA‘s healthcare plan, which is paid for by offering dollars. ELCA offering dollars also pay for sex change operations. If the below video doesn’t convince a person to leave this erring denomination, I don’t know what would. Sincerely 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 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 ELCA head bishop "deeply troubled our transgender and non-binary siblings are being dehumanized"7/23/2025 (The following article was written by Rev. Tom Brock of pastorsstudy.org. You can follow Pastor Brock on Facebook - here and X - here.) States around the country are banning destructive sex change operations on children and are also banning hormone blockers which keep children from developing their God-given sexuality. But Elizabeth Eaton, head bishop of the liberal Evangelical Lutheran Church in America, is troubled by "anti-trans" legislation. The ELCA pays for hormone blockers for minors in the ELCA healthcare plan which is funded by offering dollars. A few years ago the ELCA put an 11-year-old boy who thinks he is a girl on stage to preach transgenderism to 31,000 teens at the denomination's Teen Assembly. That child has been on hormone blockers for years, your ELCA offering dollars at work. The ELCA plan also pays for sex change operations. Listen to Bishop Eaton's impassioned plea for transgenderism below....and run from the ELCA if you are still a member. Sincerely in Christ, Pastor Tom Brock
Just some of the "Prideful" social media posts by the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America.
ELCA Seminary Explores 'the role of trans joy, embodiment, and resistance in Christian life'4/28/2025
The Evangelical Lutheran Church in America is training up pastors for your church.
A message from the ELCA -
(The following article was written by Rev. Tom Brock of pastorsstudy.org. You can follow Pastor Brock on Facebook - here and Twitter - here.) Bishop Stacie Fidlar of the Northern Illinois Synod of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America is staunchly against the belief that there are only two genders, even though that is what Jesus taught in Matthew 19:4. She claims to love transgender, non-binary and non-conforming people. But part of loving people is telling them the truth, and if God created a person a male then you are lying to tell him he can be a female. And it is not loving to destroy children by giving them hormone blockers and destructive surgeries. With leadership like this, no wonder ELCA membership is shrinking into oblivion. In Christ, Pastor Tom Brock (See here.)  (The following article was written by Rev. Tom Brock of pastorsstudy.org. You can follow Pastor Brock on Facebook - here and Twitter - here.) Prince of Peace Lutheran Church in Brooklyn Park, Minnesota, is a congregation of the liberal Evangelical Lutheran Church in America. Many years ago, it had a biblical pastor, but times have changed. Today Prince of Peace has a big sign on a busy highway declaring “God is proud of all Their children.” The word “proud” is in gay rainbow colors and God is no longer a “He” but a “They.” The current senior pastor just retired, and the associate pastor just took a position at Edina Community Lutheran Church, another ELCA congregation which went viral when it recited the Sparkle Creed, saying “I believe in a non-binary God” and “Jesus had two dads” (the recently retired ELCA bishop didn’t understand why people got so upset with this). Prince of Peace has a “What We Believe” statement, not about the Father, Son and Holy Spirit or the authority of the Bible, instead we get this: “What We Believe …By de-centering whiteness and acknowledging the harm caused by racial violence, we’re working to heal and restore…We are working to create safe, affirming spaces where people of all genders and sexual orientations can be themselves, loved, and accepted just as they are…We amplify the voices of women, non-binary, and gender non-conforming individuals…We use inclusive language, respecting pronouns and gender identity. We refuse to tolerate hate speech…We are dedicated to supporting efforts that honor and protect Indigenous practices of land stewardship,…” It is tragic that many liberal mainline churches have abandoned preaching Christ for the salvation of the lost. They do this because they no longer believe people are lost and they no longer believe in Hell. So what replaces the Gospel? Making sure we overcome whiteness, use LGBT pronouns, and endorse sexual behaviors which God forbids. Sincerely in Christ, Pastor Tom Brock 
Below are just a few of the many social media posts made this week by the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America or their partners about Transgender Remembrance:
(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 liberally biased “report” from CBS-TV interviews a pastor of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America. This is a woman who presents herself as a man. She is married to another woman and both are pastors in the ELCA. She, I refuse to say “he“, tells the world that the Bible was not written for today. This is a convenient way to get around the fact that the Bible says God made us male and female. For those with open eyes, the below clip from CBS Mornings seems more like an infomercial of why everyone should leave the ELCA. Sincerely 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.) Yes, the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America's healthcare plan, funded by offering dollars, not only pays for abortion for any reason, it now also pays for hormone blockers for children to keep them from developing their God-given sexuality.
Below are quotes from Jamie Bruesehoff, LGBT activist and ELCA pastor's wife, about her son who thinks he is a girl who receives hormone blockers. She calls this "life-saving treatment" but it chemically castrates her son. This is the same child, then 11-years-old, who the ELCA put on stage back in 2019 to promote transgenderism to 31,000 teens at the ELCA's Teen Gathering. Read the quotes below from the mother's Facebook page. Incredible. This is one reason some legislators are trying to make child sex transitions a felony and one more big reason to leave the ELCA with your offering dollars. Sincerely in Christ, Pastor Tom Brock Jamie : "Today, Rebekah had her second surgical procedure to place a hormone blocking implant in her arm to prevent her from progressing farther into puberty. This is one example of what medically appropriate, medically necessary, life-affirming, and often literally life-saving treatment looks like for a transgender child... That is the face of a girl terrified of hospitals and needles, but more terrified of having to live life as someone she is not. That is the face of a girl feeling on top of the world, knowing her body won’t betray her and she’s one step closer to the woman she will grow up to be....I’m extra thankful and proud to say that the insurance covering this procedure for my transgender daughter is provided to my husband through his employer... the church." https://nationalfile.com/pastors-wife-celebrates-trans-sons-puberty-blockers-paid-for-by-church-insurance/
ELCA pastor Margarette Ouji.
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