Muslim is a Featured Speaker at "Sharing the Gospel" ELCA Event

August 11-14, 2010, the ELCA will be holding an event called "Sharing the Gospel in a 2.0 World."  

First off, I pray the ELCA is going to be teaching attendees to tell the lost about salvation from sin and death in Christ alone.  Sadly, I highly doubt that John 3:16 (For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life) or Romans 10:9 (That if you confess with your mouth, "Jesus is Lord," and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved we) will be preached.

We don't hear and see that message from ELCA leadership now so why would that change?  (you hear a lot about universal salvation from the the ELCA though)

For those lucky few that will attend this event you get to hear about "Sharing the Gospel" from a . . . Muslim!  Now isn't that special.  The speaker is Eboo Patel, a member of President Obama’s Advisory Council of the White House Office of Faith Based and Neighborhood Partnerships and author of the book called "Acts of Faith: The Story of an American Muslim, the Struggle for the Soul of a Generation."  (read here)

Featured speaker Patel made news on July 20, 2010 when it was reported that he had close ties with the controversial imam "who wants to build a 13-story Islamic cultural center near Ground Zero."   The report also said that the "two have been documented together discussing America as 'the ideal place for a renewal of Islam.'"  (read here)

I highly doubt the ELCA's goal is to share with the Muslim speaker the message of salvation in Jesus.  So why is he speaking at a "Sharing the Gospel . . ." gathering?

Other featured speakers at the ELCA event will be the Rev. Nadia Bolz-Weber, pastor of the progressive ELCA church which boasts to be social justice oriented and queer inclusive.  (read here)

Michael Organ, who was Director of Internet Advertising for President Obama's presidential campaign. Note he is the second person with personal connection to the president.

A Muslim and theologically liberal individuals are the ELCA's event featured speakers.  Where are the orthodox, conservative, Bible believing speakers?  That's right.  The ELCA wants you to stay in denomination but your views will not have a place, because the ELCA is moving full steam ahead with its universal salvation, social justice and Biblical revisionism ways.