ELCA Exposed - on other Critical Issues

ELCA Exposed News on Other Critical Issues Concerning the ELCA

2400+ ELCA Leaders Sign Letter Supporting Evolution and Rejecting Truth of Creation

(Updated) Linked at the end of this blog is the list of current and retired ELCA pastors, ELCA seminary professors, ELCA college professors, ELCA seminary presidents and ELCA Bishops who agree with the letter supporting the theory of evolution and rejecting God's Biblical account of creation. See who signed it.

Lutheran Pastor Argues Jesus Was a Hermaphrodite

. . .The pastor proposes people are afraid to ponder the ramifications of such an idea because they live in fear of the word "trans." Ultimately, Schnekloth says it doesn't matter theologically or doctrinally if Jesus was the "I" in the LGBTQIA+ acronym. . .

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ELCA council proposes changing rules to make it harder for congregations to leave

. . .“How ironic that ELCA leadership is so committed to disregarding the Law of God on sexual ethics but so determined to use the law of humans to coerce congregations to remain in the ELCA ,”. .

Has the World Devoured the Word in American Lutheranism?

(An good overview of what happened to the ELCA by Robert Benne)
. . .At roughly the same time came the refusal to engage in “pioneer evangelism,” i.e., bringing the Gospel to those who had never heard it. This direct denial of the Great Commission in favor of “accompaniment” was driven by anticolonial and anti-imperialist ideologies that claimed that pioneer evangelism would inevitably be tainted by cultural imperialism. The number of missionaries who actually preached the Gospel plummeted. . .

Lutheran pastor: It’s okay to look at porn, especially if it’s ‘ethically sourced’

. . .“If the teachings of the church are harming people, then we need to rethink those teachings,” said Bolz-Weber. . .

_Is God a Liberal Democrat?

. . .Observe that the Lutherans cite government as “an important catalyst in God’s work.” In fact, their agenda implies that government is virtually God’s only instrument. The Lutherans want government to abolish poverty, prohibit war, cleanse the environment, engineer egalitarian justice globally, and seemingly usher in The Millennium through additional regulation and taxation. If government can achieve so much, who needs God, much less the church?. . .

ELCA Health Plan Will Pay For Sex Change - Exposed Blog

Portico Benefit Services, "a ministry of the ELCA," announced "Effective Jan. 1, 2016, ELCA-Primary health benefits will cover services including mental health therapy, hormone therapy, and sex reassignment surgery. . .

Major Christian leaders asked Jan. 6 committee to investigate Christian nationalism

. . .The ELCA’s Churchwide Assembly also had passed a resolution at its 2019 denominational meeting naming violent rhetoric in the name of Christian nationalism as “not a true Christian faith.”

“It is idolatry and we condemn it,” the resolution read. . .

ELCA Bishop writes about Trump "Save America Rally" uses words like "white supremacists," "neo-nazis," and "holocaust deniers"

. . .Seeing white supremacists walking freely in a place that symbolizes our democracy, I saw, at the same time, the white supremacists who’ve been encouraged at rallies and marches across our nation, year after year, as leadership at our highest levels has refused to call out bigotry, acknowledge systemic racism, or condemn racist violence against people who look like me. . .

Once You Know the Makeup, You Know the Outcome

. . .commission was formed in response to action taken by the ELCA’s 2022 Churchwide Assembly. The assembly directed the Church Council “to establish a Commission for a Renewed Lutheran Church” which would be “particularly attentive to our shared commitment to dismantle racism” and would “present its findings and recommendations to the 2025 Churchwide Assembly in preparation for a possible reconstituting convention.” . .

Uh….Non-Binary Lutheran Reveals: ‘PRIDE is Wearing a Crop Top at the Lectern, Showing a Little Skin’

. . . She explains that they formed a welcoming team in 2020 “with a focus on ensuring that “LGBTQIA2S+ people have a safe space within the church.” One of the first things the team did was to “encourage the staff and congregation to begin identifying themselves with personal pronouns.” . .

ELCA article "God, creator: Building relationships in Indigenous communities" merges Christianity and Native American religions (syncretism) and talks about Mother Earth, white privilege, etc.

. . . a colleague told me they couldn’t participate in Native American ceremonies or “smudging” at a health event because they believed those practices were pagan. They considered their faith separate from these ceremonies. I didn’t see these ceremonies as pagan. . .

Decline of Missionaries supported by the ELCA

Chart starting from 1961 and going to 2000.

Keynote Speaker At 2018 ELCA Youth Gathering is the Co-Creator of the "Fuck This Shit" Devotional

. . .Parents sending their teenagers to the ELCA Youth Gathering are entrusting their children to the ELCA, to care for and properly instruct them in Christ-honoring ways and with Christ-honoring content. It is a mistake. . .

Apologies Abound at Lutheran Assembly (2022)

. . .The Rev. Nelson Rabell-González was fired by Bishop Megan Marie Rohrer as pastor of Iglesia Luterana Santa Maria Peregrina in Stockton, California this past December. Charges of ecclesiastical abuse swirled around the firing, with Rabell-González appealing directly to Eaton. . .

ELCA Launches Truth and Healing Movement (2023)

. . .The ELCA's Truth & Healing Movement will enlist and empower members to become involved in the areas of focus started by the task force: development of appropriate settler narrative from a Lutheran perspective; encouraging the ritual practice of land acknowledgement; understanding Lutheran participation in Indian Boarding Schools; and support for communities impacted by murdered and missing Indigenous women and girls. The movement will also offer ways to participate in the national Truth and Healing Movement. . .

Evangelical Lutheran Church in America becomes nation's first 'sanctuary denomination'

. . .the first North American denomination to declare itself a sanctuary church, committed to supporting and sheltering migrants entering the country. . .

Words Fail Me: Questioning the Newspeak of My “Progressive” Education

. . .Such for me has been the issue of inclusive language in ministry, whether for God or people. The sine qua non of both my undergraduate and graduate education, I have come to question not just its utility, but its very ability to communicate the Word of God, which in turn means its very ability to foster human flourishing…

Words Do Matter

. . .Additionally, the ELCA’s own words betray their true intentions when one views their official webpage on the Resurrection of our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ. This text is particularly troubling. After a brief synopsis of Scripture inferring that the bodily resurrection of Christ may have been misrepresented in Scripture. . .

ELCA Office Joins Opposition to Federal Marriage Amendment - An Open letter on ELCA

. . .the Lutheran Office for Governmental Affairs (LOGA ). . .a signatory to the statement of several religious organizations opposing the Federal Marriage Amendment (FMA). . .

ELCA Inflating the Number of its Missionaries?

(pdf. article from 2002, has a lot of good information)
. . .The numbers make quite clear that ELCA mission work is way down from what it was in the ELCA's predecessor church bodies. . .

Woe to the Shepherds: Letter From the Director - August 2024 (about the ELCA Youth Gathering)

. . .In verse 1 the Lord says to the leaders of God’s people, “Woe to the shepherds who destroy and scatter the sheep of my pasture!” I believe that the same thing could be said about the leaders of the ELCA, including the planners of the youth gathering, which was held July 16-20 in New Orleans. . .

ELCA Missionary Reveals That Her Job is Not to Convert Anyone to Christ

. . .“My job as a missionary in the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America is not to convert anyone to anything. . .

ELCA Leader Says Christians Worship Same God as Muslims

. . .Rev. Hanson, in August of 2006 wrote "An Open Letter to Jewish, Muslim, and Christian Leaders" in which he said, "(t)he one God whom we worship is a God not only of judgment, but of mercy and peace." Hanson goes on to say. . .

Kingdom Now Or Apocalypse Next

. . .Now, let’s evaluate Bishop Hanson’s statement. He said that if you are a believer in a biblical end-times scenario that is based on taking the Bible literally, you are dangerous and counterproductive to the cause of Christ.He would like to form a council made up of Roman Catholics, Orthodox, Anglicans and like-minded Lutherans to investigate and deal with this “crisis”. . .

What Would Luther Say? — A Church Apologizes for Church Discipline

. . .That’s right — the church actually confessed the “sin” of having once stood on biblical ground, and the “sin” of exercising church discipline. . .

Who is a "Real" American?

. . .yet an element in our country wants to legislate that the United States is a Christian nation where Christianity should be privileged and only Christians should hold office. . .

Happy Thanksgiving! (ELCA version)

. . .Yup, it’s a National Day of Mourning. No gratitude to God for bringing Europeans to begin new lives in the New World. On the contrary. (And, by the way, virtually every member of the ELCA is descended from those Europeans.) . .

From the ELCA - A pastoral message on the Rittenhouse acquittal

. . .When a child is allowed to become a vigilante without recourse, we are forced to confront the idols of our society: guns, violence and white supremacy. To be sure, this is not about one person, but indeed about all of us, together. Today's acquittal is an injustice. . .

Responding to Presiding Bishop Eaton’s Pastoral Message on the Rittenhouse Acquittal

. . .Eaton is flat out wrong when she states that the Rittenhouse trial “is not about one person, but indeed about all of us, together.” . .

Crimes of Omission - by Don Kriefall

. . .enlightened leaders of the ELCA just don’t understand why their membership continues to dwindle and that congregations faithful to the Lord want to break fellowship to affiliate with a denomination true to the Gospel. . .

The Cult of Liberalism by Dr. Walter Martin (MP3 - Starts near the 1/3 mark and goes past the 4/5 mark)

(about Liberal Theology - well worth hearing!) . . .There is a progression that takes place in liberal theology: It begins with a corrupt bibliology, a corrupt view of the nature and the inspiration of Scripture. They have a corrupt theology because once you are picking and choosing from the Bible what you want, your theology has to suffer from it, because your human reason is corrupt… every major theological seminary that has turned from orthodox Christianity began with disbelief of Biblical doctrine. There wasn’t a single exception. . .

Robert Benne: Defending Orthodoxy in a Polarized Society

. . . in response to the cultural aversion for anything vaguely imperialistic, the ELCA moved to suspend all new mission work and “confined itself to accompaniment.” The ELCA defines accompanim ent as “walking together in a solidarity that practices interdependence and mutuality.” In Benne’s estimation, this move was no more than a rollback of the Great Commission to satisfy the ever-growing secular culture’s demands. . .

ELCA - Another Apostate Denomination

. . . Promotion of the feminist agenda, sanctioning of abortion and homosexuality, gender-neutralizing worship, gender-neutralizing God and Jesus, promoting homosexual adoption. The ELCA is apostate and should be abandoned by all true Christians.

Genesis Is What?

. . .No wonder the ELCA (Evangelical Lutheran Church in America) is so theologically liberal as a whole! Here is a person who is in teaching authority in a seminary, indoctrinating future “shepherds” for churches not to believe God’s Word in Genesis. So sad. . .

My faith journey: Glimpsing God’s mind

(About creation / evolution. From ELCA online publication - 2023). . . I saw no sense in trusting that the world was created in six days despite strong evidence that the process took billions of years. To some, faith involved strict adherence to a literal understanding of the biblical narrative. Their faith involved an active denial of science—even if that science might enhance our appreciation of the Creator. . .

Legal battle over church property a sign of the times, experts say

. . .But Reverend Steve Schulte tells WTOC as soon as the larger church organization found out they planned to sell their property and downsize, it kicked the congregation out of the denomination and sued them over the property, effectively blocking the sale. . .

Churches Against Bladensburg Peace Cross?

. . .The Evangelical Lutheran Church in America, the United Church of Christ, the Presbyterian Church (USA) and the Baptist Joint Committee all signed a court brief siding with the American Humanist Association in urging removal of the Maryland state-owned 100 year old Peace Cross honoring WWI veterans. . .

Synod won’t let Florida congregation leave the ELCA

The members of St. Peter Lutheran Church in Fort Pierce, Fla., voted unanimously in two required votes to end their affiliation with the ELCA. But their synod won’t let them go. . .

Nebraska Synod refuses to let congregation leave. - Also -Texas synod taking a hard line against those who leave

A congregation in Nebraska has been told that its synod will not let it leave the ELCA in spite of voting twice to leave the church body by more than the required two-thirds majority. . .

When Faith and Farming Collide- Part 2

. . .The basic principle I keep coming back to is that I do NOT believe it is the church's place to give recommendations on farm management practices. . .

When Faith and Farming Collide: Part 3

. . .When I said that the ELCA had been infiltrated by the environmental and animal rights movement, I wasn't making that up. I have serious concerns about the direction of the ELCA because. . .

ELCA Services Attack 'Bound Consciences' of those Who Uphold Biblical Teaching on Sexuality

. . .In leading or authorizing these “confessions,” ELCA synod leaders imply that they believe that those who uphold traditional Christian teaching are persisting in “sin” and in need of correction. . .

The ELCA's View on Creation

"What is the ELCA official position concerning the origin of life and evolution? The ELCA has not officially taken a position about evolution. . ."

Multifaith and the Global Faith Forum, Part I

. . .During one of the main sessions, the facilitator explained that this research should lead to cooperative resourcing to help all our respective congregations. He suggested that we could jointly create, publish, and distribute resources to help congregations deal with faith development, growth, and other issues. . .

What Events Do Your Activity Fees Fund?

. . .A quick look at the budget for the Gustavus Student Senate, which controls allocations of activity fees for the school, showed that $1000 in activity fees at the school are going to finance a "Drag Show Performer" during "Coming Out Week. . ."

Proposed Social Statement on Genetics Plays Role in Cogregations' Votes to Leave ELCA

. . .Lutherans in America and around the world continue to marvel at the penchant of the ELCA to spend hundreds of thousands of dollars writing social statements that offend the members of ELCA congregations. . .

AZ Church Expelled for Holding Duel Membership With LCMC

Bishop Stephen S.Talmage, Grand Canyon Synod ELCA, sent a letter to synod pastors stating that Shepherd of the Hills, Fountain Hills, AZ was removed from synod rolls, December 11, 2010 because of their dual affiliation with the LCMC. . .

Dr. Robert Benne: Lutheran Power Is in Christ, not Politics

“. . .The ELCA has not totally succumbed to this temptation,” the Roanoke professor said, “but it certainly seems that the Presiding Bishop spends more time commenting on every social and political issue under the sun than on the central mission of the church. What’s more, the church’s position on some issues – say, saving the world from global warming and telling the Israelis how they ought not defend themselves – is firmer than its commitment to classical Christian sexual ethics or to the Great Commission. . .”

'Interfaith' dialogue deceptively successful

. . .Christians need to educate themselves about the Common Word document and the Shoulder-to-Shoulder Campaign. . .

Unraveling the ELCA

. . .When early in the formation process ELCA planners decided to impose a quota system to staff governing boards and fill church conventions, Neuhaus flatly said the Lutheran jig was up. The Lutheran merger enterprise had given up on serious theology and was adapting itself to a cultural fad, identity representation. . .

A Seminarian's Journey: Exposing the Teaching of an ELCA Seminary

. . .The reason is this article is not to be about me but to be heard as the voice of many fellow Orthodox Lutheran seminarians who may be suffering in silence, from their toxic experiences at “progressive”/ liberal ELCA seminaries. . .

The ELCA and the ISNA

(ELCA) Evangelical Lutheran (Church) of America’s ties to the Islamic Society of North America and the Muslim Brotherhood. . .

Lutheran Leaders Tell Teens: Associating Sin with Darkness, Blackness is ‘Harmful’ and RACIST!

. . .Their 2024 Getting Ready guide reads:. . .

National Council of Churches (NCC)

At its founding in 1950, the New York City-based National Council of Churches (NCC) absorbed its predecessor, the communist front-group known as the Federal Council of Churches. . .

The ELCA Highjacks Matthew for 9/11

Is “forgiveness the proper response to terrorism? The ELCA’s Daily Discipleship devotional for September 11, 2005, implies as much. . .

Christian Leaders Buy Into Muslim Vision

. . .Islam and Christianity, however, are radically different, as the following comparison shows. . .

Nadia Bolz-Weber to Speak at 2018 ELCA Youth Gathering - Witness Stone Blog

. . .Teenagers going to the ELCA Youth Gathering will be influenced not just by Nadia Bolz-Weber but by so many ELCA leaders who agree with Nadia. . .

Is It Essential for Christians to Accept Jesus' Virgin Birth?

. . .Whoever wrote this piece is not alone in my denominational family. And they're not being challenged by bishops charged with ensuring that the Gospel is proclaimed in purity either. For example, in 2006, one ELCA pastor wrote in the pages of The Lutheran, our denomination's official publication. . .

Part Three: Ecumenical Politics

. . .the ELCA developed a six-point strategic plan on the integration of faith-based organizing throughout the denomination, hoping “to produce a powerful force that can act as a real agent of social change. . .”

FALL OF THE ELCA (Evangelical Lutheran Church in America)

(touches on a wide range of ELCA issues including political policies in this blog). . . Every dollar you give to the ELCA, goes to support these beliefs. Not a single one of these beliefs is aligned with HOLY SCRIPTURE and THE WORD OF GOD!!!!

Presiding Bishop Shares Stage with the Most Radical ELCA Pastors - Witness Stone Blog

. . .Giving credence to #DecolonizeLutheranism is a disappointing choice by the ELCA but even more ridiculous and shocking is whom Elizabeth Eaton is cavorting with on stage. They are some of the most extreme and radical ELCA leaders around. . .

We Are All Vulnerable

. . .What is scary about this whole situation is the fact that something like this could happen to any orthodox congregation still in the ELCA. Potentially it is only one synodical bishop election away. . .

Speaker at Park River Bible Camp backs out after backlash from surrounding communities (2022)

. . .Kjelland reiterated the camp’s stance on LGBTQ individuals, saying the organization does not see identifying as part of the LGBTQ community as a sin. This is in line with ELCA policy. . .

Interfaith Organizing Initiative (IOI) A Brief History

. . . IOI Gathering of eight Faith Body Heads and over 60 congregation-based
organizing leaders, organizers, and allies at the Lutheran Center in Chicago, hosted by Bishop Hanson. New task forces launched: Denominational Colleagues Table, Racial Justice, Money for Organizing, Seminary strategy. . .

Religious Left Pro-Censorship Campaign Hits Rough Water

. . .A campaign effectively to censor conservative voices on the airwaves and sponsored by a Religious Left coalition has been suddenly dropped. Sponsored by George Soros’ Open Society Institute and the ACORN-supporting Wallace Global Fund, the “So We Might See” campaign called for advertisers to stop supporting the Glenn Beck and Lou Dobbs programs, as well as the firing of Dobbs. . .

Lutherans and Islam: Gustavus Adolphus College hires Muslim spiritual adviser

. . .campus leaders say Vajid will play a key role both in supporting its growing Muslim student body and sparking eye-opening conversations about faith...Meanwhile, Minneapolis-based Augsburg College, another ELCA school, also hired a Muslim spiritual adviser last fall.

ELCA Rails Against So-Called "Christian Nationalism"
#ChristiansAgainstChristianNationalism #ELCA

Woke Pastor Says there are ‘Lesbian Angels’ who ‘Consensually’ Flirt with Queer Christian Women

. . .she continues to rise in the ranks through the ELCA. Three years ago, she was elected to the Discipline Committee of the Delaware-Maryland Synod, where she enjoys a close friendship with the Bishop. She has also spoken on at least one panel with Elizabeth Eaton, the head of the ELCA. Those in power know who she is and how she behaves, and they are completely and utterly supportive. . .

A Response to Dr. David Lose: Rejecting a False God

. . .The nature of how we are made right with God has been a matter of debate in the church from time to time, and Lose does his best to discredit one of the dominant theories: penal-substitutionary atonement. . .

Another ELCA Letter Wanting U.S. to Pay Terrorism Supporters Bills

. . .AVH is owned and operated by the Lutheran World Federation (LWF) and supported by the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA) and several other member churches of the LWF. . .

ELCA Farm Bill Listening Sessions (2023)

. . .The farm bill is legislation that is critical to addressing hunger in the United States and globally. It covers federal nutrition programs such as the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) and Women, Infants, and Children (WIC), environment, trade, foreign aid and rural development. . .

ELCA Pastors Who Run ‘Chaotic Bisexuals’ Bible Study: ‘Jesus died for our sins’ is not the best way to summarize the gospel…a better way is ‘Don’t be a D***” (2023)

. . .exists to “discuss the Bible and our times as Bi/Pan/Queer” folks. Both are ‘pastors’ within the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA). . .

The Genetics Statement and The Authority of Faith Traditions over Scripture

. . .The Social Statement on Genetics states that, “the meaning of genetic knowledge and the debates about its use will be inadequately explored and morally dangerous without attention to the wisdom of faith traditions.” (Genetics, Faith and Responsibility, Lns. 375, 376, 378-382). . .

Lutheran Church gives office space to terror-linked CAIR.

. . .• The United States Department of Justice named CAIR as “unindicted co-conspirators and/or joint venturers” in a criminal conspiracy to financially support Hamas in United States vs Holy Land Foundation.

• CAIR has many leaders who have been sentenced to prison and/or deported for supporting terrorism. . .

“Fully Lutheran and fully Native”

. . .a volunteer made his way around the circle with a bowl of burning sage for smudging. One by one the participants dipped their hands in the cleansing smoke and drew it toward their faces and over their bodies. . .

Wartburg ROTC issue surfaces again (2001)

. . .The faculty voted down the proposal by nearly a 2-to-1 margin. The rejection was based on the beliefs ROTC policies go against the ELCA tradition, the program would add an undue burden on students and a military outfit on the campus would be inappropriate. . .

ELCA is an Accredited Observer for the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) - Witness Stone Blog

. . .Of course they are. . .

Symptoms of a Greater Disease

. . .the ELCA has issued yet another draft statement in their long line of social commentaries. This particular meddling in the affairs of the secular world calls for reform of the nation’s criminal justice system. . .

The pub. of (the ELCA) looks at the Creation Museum — and comes out swinging.

. . .If anything, the Lutheran piece shows once again the fundamental importance of presuppositions. If you reject the inerrancy of God’s Word from the beginning, you can make nearly any doctrine “compatible” with Christianity. . .

What the U.S. is funding now violates EVERY single aspect of common sense (the ELCA is specifically involved)

. . .ELCA appears to be a special interest group with anti-Israeli sentiment and effectively lobbied for American taxpayer dollars to be used for their ideological agenda. . .We have American religious figures — not gonna refer to them as leaders — who are lobbying for our taxpayer dollars to benefit a terrorist organization, because that’s what the PA (Fatah) is. . .

The Devil's Advocate

. . .The ELCA, in an effort to maintain their grip on the things of this world, while disregarding God’s law, have decided that man’s law can be used to their advantage. Following in the footsteps of their ecclesiastic bothers in the Episcopal Church, where church property belongs to the greater church organization, they have decided to attempt to seize the assets of churches that choose to leave. Those congregations attempting to break fellowship are taken to court in an effort to wrest whatever assets this greedy organization can take. . .

Scriptural Authority To Suffer Another ELCA Blow in 2019?

. . .you may have heard already about the draft Social Statement on Women and Justice slated for discussion and adoption in 2019. It has started earning some just criticisms. . .

Churches should respect families’ requests for funeral military honors

. . .Once again, a Lutheran church within the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America has refused to allow military honors at a family’s request for a deceased veteran. . .

Alongside abortion, don't neglect the Supreme Court's big school prayer ruling

. . .Religious hesitancy about school prayer is typified by a brief from the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America, United Church of Christ, Baptist Joint Committee for Religious Liberty and American Jewish Committee. . .

My College is Protecting Rapists (St. Olaf - ELCA College)

. . .September of 2015, I reported my rape to the St. Olaf administration. I was raped by a fellow student in May of 2015. I went to the administration because I had confidence in their ability to fairly and professionally handle my case. Despite my trust, I was met with a variety of procedural errors as well as instances in which the college refused to protect me. My school has completely failed to address my sexual assault or protect me from further harassment and abuse from my rapist. . .

With race in mind, Christians reconsider language of dark and light at Advent

. . .Selnick said the idea for the book came to her after reading a Living Lutheran column titled “God’s Beautiful Dark Works” by her mother, Presiding Bishop Elizabeth Eaton of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America. . .

Largest U.S. Lutheran group removes Marion church from roster

. . .More than a year after a Marion congregation narrowly rejected a move to leave the Evangelical Lutheran Church of America, the nation’s largest Lutheran denomination has removed the church and its pastor from its rosters. . .

Synod council removes Victoria congregation from roster of congregations

. . .First English held a congregational meeting on Aug. 26 to approve the Rev. Jim Pearson as senior pastor. Pearson is not on the roster of ordained ministers of the ELCA.
The Constitution, Bylaws and Continuing Resolutions of the ELCA grants the authority for a synod council, upon the recommendation of the bishop, to remove a congregation that “calls as its pastor one who has not been approved for the roster of ordained ministers”. . .

Confused Savior? Lutheran pastor claims Jesus may have been externally male, internally female

. . .Schnekloth also argues that Jesus was "transgressive," or one who did not adhere to traditional boundaries in society – he never married and had no children. To him, that is proof that something may have been different about Jesus internally. In other words, the Savior could have been what he calls "Intersex.". .

What Would Luther Say? — A Church Apologizes for Church Discipline

. . .That’s right — the church actually confessed the “sin” of having once stood on biblical ground and the “sin” of exercising church discipline. . .

National Lutheran organization brings Israel bias to fruition with political resolution

. . .ELCA was on a roll in a more than 100 page document, affirming a movement many of us believes goes against Biblical Teaching—Black Lives Matter. . .

George Soros Funded Organization is Promoted by ELCA Synod - Witness Stone Blog

. . .South Dakota Faith in Public Life's board of directors sits three ELCA persons. . .

ELCA Presiding Bishop issues Indigenous Peoples Day statement

. . .we must sustain our efforts to educate ourselves and the wider community on the consequences of the Doctrine of Discovery* on Native peoples.
We must continue to do this, repudiating racism, white supremacy, and logos, mascots and stereotypes that perpetuate prejudice against Native Americans. We must learn and tell the stories. We must educate ourselves and everyone within the sound of our voices about all the corners of our country's dark and shameful past. . .

People of faith have a calling to find solutions to global climate change (by ELCA Bishop Burk)

. . .2019 is shaping up to be the year Iowans start to take serious action to address the climate crisis. Christians and all people of faith are well positioned to lead the movement. . .

Potty Mouth ELCA Pastors

. . .there are ELCA devotionals which regularly incorporate a vulgar term for intercourse. Some argue that a “visceral gospel requires visceral language.” Rev. Tuhina Verma Rasche created a Facebook post asking people for their favorite swear words and got 100 responses. . .

"Obscure and Foolish Allegories" - David Rives

Steven Sabin, California (ELCA) Pastor Arrested For Child Pornography Possession, Distribution

. . .Rev. Steven Sabin, 59, a pastor serving the Christ Church Lutheran at Quintara Street and 20th Avenue, Sunset District, was arrested Thursday after the San Francisco Police Department’s (SFPD) Internet Crimes Against Children Unit discovered “hundreds of child pornography videos and images depicting juvenile minors being sexually abused” at his home. . .

A Biblical look at some of the ELCA's Teachings

Christian group warns against rise of 'Christian nationalism'

(The ELCA Presiding Bishop signed this letter.) . . .A group formed by Christian leaders is warning against the rise of "Christian nationalism," saying the merging of Christian and American identities poses a threat to U.S. democracy and religious communities. . .

Meet some of the endorsers

(ELCA) Bible Camp Welcomes Muslim, Committed To Continuing Relationship

. . ."I have been present for their calls to prayer," Campeau said. "It's very calming and spiritual."

(Bias Iranian Report speaks of ELCA letter to Iranian professors) Does Iran represent a nuclear problem or a gas problem?

. . .“We want you to know how sad we are that our country has walked away from the nuclear accords and is again imposing sanctions against your country. . .

CNN Guest: American Christians ‘Lost the Gospel of Jesus,’ Which Led to Trump

. . .When asked about Christian support for Trump means, Denker said, “The American church has lost the Gospel of Jesus and has become caught up in a gospel distortion, over Christian Nationalism which says that our God is no longer the God of the Bible but a God who makes America strongest.” . .

What happened in the Sierra Pacific Synod?

. . .A controversy has unfolded over events and actions which have taken place in the Sierra Pacific Synod (S.P.S.) of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (E.L.C.A.). . .

The ELCA On Gun Control

Ban of Military-Style Semi-Automatic Weapons

. . .encourage elected governmental officials to explore options for better management of these weapons through an outright ban or regulation of lawful sales. . .

Community Violence--Gun Control

. . .call upon all of our congregations, synods, and appropriate agencies to work for the passage and strict enforcement of local, state, and national legislation as appropriate, that rigidly controls the manufacture, importation, exportation, sale, purchase, transfer, receipt, possession or transportation of handguns, assault weapons, and assault-like weapons and their parts. . .

Gun statement from ELCA Presiding Bishop (2022)

ELCA on record for gun control

. . .A Message on Community Violence from the ELCA Church Council in 1994 includes these statements:

"In service of its commitment to counter violence, the ELCA ... also advocates in favor of gun control. . .

Lutheran Church Not Informed of Gun Control March Politics (2008)

. . .The ELCA had urged its more than five million members to work "in support of gun control legislation," and to support the May 14 gun control march on Washington, DC. . .

Minnesota Gun Owners Caucus

. . .If you happen to be Lutheran in Minnesota and attend an ELCA affiliated Church, you might be interested in learning that the ELCA has an entire organization within the church dedicated to stripping you of your Second Amendment rights. . .

Citing its support for gun control, Concordia shoots down student NRA club

. . .Concordia College has denied an outspoken right-wing senior's request to form an NRA-affiliated student organization on campus because the college says the organization's mission conflicts with the school's institutional support for gun control. . .

ELCA Exposed News on Other Critical Issues Concerning the ELCA

_Is God a Liberal Democrat?

​Major Christian leaders asked Jan. 6 committee to investigate Christian nationalism

​ELCA article "God, creator: Building relationships in Indigenous communities" merges Christianity and Native American religions (syncretism) and talks about Mother Earth, white privilege, etc.

Apologies Abound at Lutheran Assembly​ (2022)

ELCA Launches Truth and Healing Movement (2023)

​ELCA Office Joins Opposition to Federal Marriage Amendment - An Open letter on ELCA

​From the ELCA - A pastoral message on the Rittenhouse acquittal

​Speaker at Park River Bible Camp backs out after backlash from surrounding communities​ (2022)

ELCA Rails Against So-Called "Christian Nationalism" #ChristiansAgainstChristianNationalism #ELCA

​Woke Pastor Says there are ‘Lesbian Angels’ who ‘Consensually’ Flirt with Queer Christian Women​

​ELCA Farm Bill Listening Sessions​ (2023)