Exposing the ELCA has been documenting for years that the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America's leadership does not believe the Creation account God placed in Scripture. (read about 1500+ ELCA leaders signing a letter in support of evolution here. Also scroll down the page here to find a bunch of ELCA evolution related information)
Let me give you another example from the ELCA's official magazine, The Lutheran -
“It’s hard to believe that any ancient writer would have penned the Genesis story for the sake of recording good science. If that was the author’s intent, he (or they) failed miserably. The early chapters of Genesis make for lousy empirical science. Not that this has kept numbers of Christians from trying to cram every dinosaur jawbone, distant galaxy and Grand Canyon formation into the span of the last 6,000 years.
The Genesis story was never meant to tell us how the world was created. It is rather a masterful treatise for informing us who created this floating orb in its magnificent universe. From the story, we learn that God appreciates beauty, design and order over ugliness, nonsense and chaos. One doesn’t have to tread far into Scripture before discovering that humans were created for relationship with God and one another. These convictions of faith are hardly at the heart of scientific inquiry.” (see here)
The ELCA is trying to discredit the historical account of Genesis in this paragraph because they have decided that God did not, as He said, create the universe in six 24 hour days.
And that brings us to Evolution Weekend! (February 12 - 14, 2016)
The pro-evolution website, "The Clergy Letter Project," which organizes this event says, "Evolution Weekend is an opportunity for serious discussion and reflection on the relationship between religion and science."
“Religious people from many diverse faith traditions and locations around the world understand that evolution is quite simply sound science.”
Of course there are ELCA churches participating. They participate "through sermons, discussion groups, meaningful conversations and seminars..." conducted by each individual church.
Let me give you another example from the ELCA's official magazine, The Lutheran -
“It’s hard to believe that any ancient writer would have penned the Genesis story for the sake of recording good science. If that was the author’s intent, he (or they) failed miserably. The early chapters of Genesis make for lousy empirical science. Not that this has kept numbers of Christians from trying to cram every dinosaur jawbone, distant galaxy and Grand Canyon formation into the span of the last 6,000 years.
The Genesis story was never meant to tell us how the world was created. It is rather a masterful treatise for informing us who created this floating orb in its magnificent universe. From the story, we learn that God appreciates beauty, design and order over ugliness, nonsense and chaos. One doesn’t have to tread far into Scripture before discovering that humans were created for relationship with God and one another. These convictions of faith are hardly at the heart of scientific inquiry.” (see here)
The ELCA is trying to discredit the historical account of Genesis in this paragraph because they have decided that God did not, as He said, create the universe in six 24 hour days.
And that brings us to Evolution Weekend! (February 12 - 14, 2016)
The pro-evolution website, "The Clergy Letter Project," which organizes this event says, "Evolution Weekend is an opportunity for serious discussion and reflection on the relationship between religion and science."
“Religious people from many diverse faith traditions and locations around the world understand that evolution is quite simply sound science.”
Of course there are ELCA churches participating. They participate "through sermons, discussion groups, meaningful conversations and seminars..." conducted by each individual church.
| ELCA churches and/or pastors signed up to participate in Evolution Weekend 2016 Spirit of Joy Lutheran Church of the Verde Valley, ELCA Clarkdale, AZ The Rev. Dr. Mari Larson The. Rev. Ed Womack Peace Lutheran Church Corona, CA Pastor Mark Allert Christ Lutheran Church Long Beach, CA The Rev. Pamela Challis Christ Church Lutheran, ELCA San Francisco, CA The Rev. John Frykman First United Lutheran Church San Francisco, CA The Rev. Dr. Susan M. Strouse St. Paul Lutheran Church Tampa, FL The Rev. Russell L. Meyer Executive Director of the Florida Council of Churches St Paul Lutheran Church Villa Park, IL Stephen H. Swanson, Pastor Redeemer Lutheran Church Waverly, IA Dr. Stephen Main Wartburg College Waverly, IA Dr. Brian C. Jones Zion Lutheran Church Warroad, MN The Rev. Krehl Stringer Hope Lutheran Church Bozeman, MT The Rev. Stephen R. Schmidt Augustana Lutheran Church Omaha, NE The Rev. Jan Peterson St. Andrew Lutheran Church Parsippany, NJ The Rev. Frederick L. Lentz, Pastor Christ Evangelical Lutheran Church Santa Fe, NM The Rev. Joene Herr, Pastor Lutheran Care Center Poughkeepsie, NY Pastor John Heller All Shepherds Lutheran Church Lewis Center, OH Pastor Glen Bengson Good Shepherd Lutheran Church Easton, PA Pastor Michael L. Reist St. Matthew Lutheran Church Williamsport, PA The Rev. Theodore L. Cockley, Interim Pastor Messiah Lutheran Church Knoxville, TN Dr. Gordon Burghardt MacArthur Park Lutheran Church San Antonio, TX The Rev. Paul Ziese Pacific Lutheran University Congregation Tacoma, WA The Rev. John P. Rosenberg Advent Lutheran Church Cedarburg, WI The Rev. Dr. Janis Kinens Grace Lutheran Church Eau Claire, WI The Rev. Dean Simpson http://theclergyletterproject.org/rel_ evolution_weekend_2016.html | ELCA churches and/or pastors who participated in Evolution Weekend 2015 University Lutheran Chapel (ELCA) Berkeley, CA The Rev. Jeff R. Johnson Peace Lutheran Church Corona, CA Pastor Mark Allert St. Timothy Lutheran Church Monterey, CA Pastor Clark Brown Cross and Crown Lutheran Church and School, ELCA Rohnert Park, CA First United Lutheran Church San Francisco, CA The Rev. Dr. Susan M. Strouse King of Kings Lutheran Church (ELCA) Pueblo, CO The Rev. Dirk R. Stadtlander All Saints Lutheran Church Lutz, FL The Rev. M. Richard Malivuk, Pastor St. Michael Lutheran Church Wellington, FL Pastor Marjorie Weiss St Paul Lutheran Church Villa Park, IL Stephen H. Swanson, Pastor St. Paul Lutheran Church (ELCA) Wheaton, IL The Rev. Melody Beckman Eastman, Senior Pastor Messiah Lutheran Church Knoxville, TN Dr. Gordon Burghardt Shalom Lutheran Church Alexandria, MN The Rev. Rollen Halvorson Faith United Lutheran Church Iron, MN The Rev. Krehl Stringer Hope Lutheran Church Bozeman, MT The Rev. Stephen R. Schmidt, Lead Pastor Augustana Lutheran Church Omaha, NE The Rev. Jan Peterson Emanuel Lutheran Church New Brunswick, NJ Jeffrey C. Eaton, Pastor Lutheran Church of the Good Shepherd Brooklyn, NY The Rev. David Rommereim All Shepherds Lutheran Church Lewis Center, OH Pastor Glen Bengson Good Shepherd Lutheran Church Easton, PA Pastor Michael L. Reist Buffalo Valley Lutheran Village Lewisburg, PA The Rev. Theodore L. Cockley St. Peter's Lutheran Church Pen Argyl, PA The Rev. C. Frank Terhune University Lutheran Church Philadelphia, PA The Rev. Nelson Rivera The Rev. Dr. Charles W. Allen, Chaplain MacArthur Park Lutheran Church San Antonio, TX The Rev. Paul Ziese Epiphany Lutheran Church (ELCA) Alexandria, VA The Rev. Dr. Charles H. Oberkehr Prince of Peace Lutheran Church Forks, WA Pastor Pam Hunter Advent Lutheran Church Cedarburg, WI The Rev. Dr. Janis Kinens Grace Lutheran Church Eau Claire, WI The Rev. Dean Simpson Trinity Lutheran Church South Milwaukee, WI Pastor Bill Mains Bay Shore Lutheran Church Whitefish Bay, WI Pastor Norene Smith http://theclergyletterproject.org/rel _evolution_weekend_2015.html |
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