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Evangelical Lutheran Church in America transgender pastor Dr. Megan Rohrer was featured in an article and video by Cosmopolitan. (See video below. The video and article can be seen here)

Rev. Rohrer is the first transgender ordained in the ELCA and the ordination took place at a goddess worshiping ELCA church in San Francisco, known as herchurch.

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'Parent' of our Lord Jesus Christ

3/7/2019

"Blessed be the God and [Parent] of our Lord Jesus Christ..."

That is what an Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA) seminary wrote when announcing the death of two people connected with the seminary. They replaced "Father" with "Parent."

Jesus called God "Father." Why is this ELCA seminary not content using the same name for God that the Lord Jesus Christ did?

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The ELCA's Pacific Lutheran Theological Seminary (PLTS) Providing Condoms?

3/4/2019

From the sound and look of this tweet, by seminarian Kevin Beebe (in 2016), Pacific Lutheran Theological Seminary may have been providing condoms to their seminary students. Mr. Beebe writes, "#PLTS caring about sexual health and resources for assault and abuse. @ELCA @ELCAYoungAdults #theologyinpractice". Then he posted a picture of a basket full of condoms and brochures.

#PLTS caring about sexual health and resources for assault and abuse. @ELCA @ELCAYoungAdults #theologyinpractice pic.twitter.com/QlWWHguYXl
— Kevin Beebe (@kevbeebe) April 27, 2016

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ELCA Church Takes Confirmation Class to Mosque and Buddhist Temple

2/24/2019

This woman's ELCA church takes young teenagers to places where false gods are worshiped.

See the tweet here.

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'A More Inclusive and Loving Church'

2/22/2019

Below is a Facebook post that the Lutheran School of Theology at Chicago (LSTC), an ELCA seminary, shared. Under the homosexual rainbow banner, the prayer addresses the United Methodist Church (UMC), which will be voting on allowing homosexual weddings and practicing ordained homosexuals. The prayer talks about "being a more inclusive and loving church."

And read the second paragraph. The ELCA continues to push their LGBTQ supportive narrative on its membership and give no credence or equal time to the Biblical view on homosexuality and marriage.

How can anyone, who believes the Biblical view of marriage and homosexuality, feel welcome in a denomination that sees this traditional view as wrong, unloving and hurtful?

Below is a tweet by ELCA Pastor Lenny Duncan, with a "like" from ELCA Pastor Emily Scott, regarding the United Methodist Church (UMC).

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ELCA Pastor Says 'ICE Has Become a Personal Army For Nationalism'

2/16/2019

Rev. Lenny Duncan is a pastor in the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA). You may remember reading about Rev. Duncan elsewhere on Exposing the ELCA. (See here)

Rev. Duncan made some radical claims on Twitter a couple months ago calling ICE a "personal army for nationalism" and saying "the border has become the landscape for the existential threat to whiteness."

ICE has become a personal army for nationalism in the US and the border has become the landscape for the existential threat to whiteness. The death pangs of white supremacy in this country is a hopeful but also extremely dangerous time. It’s like being locked in a small room
— Rev. Lenny Duncan (@lennyaduncan) December 15, 2018

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ELCA Pastor John Sipf's Views

2/11/2019

The following is a response by ELCA pastor John Sipf of Peoria, Illinois, to my tweet replying to another ELCA pastor. We were discussing this blog about an ELCA pastor giving the camera the finger and his rant against America.

Oh, Danny boy... unlike *ahem* "some" not everyone masterbates to their hatred of the ELCA.
— John Sipf (@Pr_JT_Sipf) December 19, 2018

ELCA pastor John Sipf regularly tweets and retweets about white people, racism, politics, Donald Trump, refugees and illegal immigrants, transgenders, abortion, etc. Below are a few examples of his activity on Twitter.

Jesus killed by Pilate and the centurions

Children killed by Trump and ICE.

America, we are Rome and Babylon.

What're we gonna do about it? https://t.co/jD5m7Ifpvm
— John Sipf (@Pr_JT_Sipf) December 25, 2018

Same https://t.co/OmSkcwrbHT
— John Sipf - He/Him/His (@Pr_JT_Sipf) February 7, 2019

We killed her... Our government killed her... Our silence killed her... https://t.co/pOmI4ljfSp
— John Sipf (@Pr_JT_Sipf) December 14, 2018

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ELCA Pastor Tweets 'Scripture is Not Perfect'

2/2/2019

From ELCA pastor Emmy Kegler -

The mess of the nativity stories, for me, is an incarnation of the promise that scripture is not perfect.

I no longer expect scripture to match perfectly with history -- it doesn't even match perfectly with itself.
— The Reverend of Misfit Toys (@emmykegler) December 3, 2018

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ELCA Church Would Not Hire A Youth Director Who is 'Invested in Purity Culture'

2/1/2019

Teaching abstinence until marriage is Biblical, but it is something many ELCA leaders and churches do not believe in.

I was on a committee ~5 years ago to think of what we were looking for in our next Youth Director (ELCA congregation). We agreed that we could not possibly hire someone invested in purity culture. I love my church.
— Lynne Larock (@LynneMLarock) September 20, 2018

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ELCA Pastor Tweets, 'Evangelicals...Are: The American Taliban'

1/25/2019

Joy Gonnerman is a Evangelical Lutheran Church in America pastor. She ‏is active on social media, posting her opinions and articles that are anti-Trump or about liberal social justice, but she seems most passionate about posting articles critical of Israel. (See here)

Below is one egregious example of a tweet by ELCA Rev. Joy Gonnerman.

It's Time to Start Calling Evangelicals What They Are: The American Taliban https://t.co/enjtCD67f7
— PrJGonnerman (@JoyGonnerman) November 15, 2018

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'Organized Religion...needs to go'

1/24/2019

Sara Villarreal Bishop is a vicar to the Estonian Lutheran Church at ELCA Global Mission. A month ago the ELCA leader wrote a Facebook post that in part said, "I am a Christian who thinks that organized religion has seen its time and needs to go gently into that good night. We’re not doing it right. We’re making it worse. But I also believe people are seeking something greater than themselves because we are greater than ourselves, and I want to help them find THEIR way, not mine. God is big enough for that. And I'm both, Christian and ... well, not." (see her full post below)

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'There Needs to Be More Queer Women Pastors'

1/16/2019

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Are there any Bible-believing, orthodox individuals going to ELCA seminaries?

I’m filling my candidacy paperwork with the ELCA...because I think there needs to be more queer women pastors in the world ??
— Jaz (@ItsJazWaring) October 31, 2018

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ELCA Pastor-To-Be Posting anti-Trump, Anti-Israel and Pro LGBT Comments

1/10/2019

Kevin Beebe is an ELCA "Pastor-to-Be" studying at the ELCA's Pacific Lutheran Theological Seminary. He loves to post LGBT supportive information, Palestinian propaganda against Israel, and anti-Trump materials on social media. This is the type of pastor the ELCA has, and is producing to lead your congregation.

The ELCA seminarian supports the BDS movement, which advocates boycotts, divestment, and sanctions against Israel, as you see below.

Here future pastor Beebe complains about Israel building an underground wall to prevent Palestinian terrorist tunnels used to invade and kill Israelis. That is mind-numbing stupid.

Time to stop this violence from occupying soldiers. End the Israeli occupation. Looking at you, @realDonaldTrump. Stop defunding hospitals and schools, rather stop selling guns to Israel.https://t.co/c0mO9okTRQ
— Kevin Beebe (@kevbeebe) October 13, 2018

When God's people are supposed to multiply, why do we let the children die? #FreePalestine #refugees #asylum #godspromise #adventhope
— Kevin Beebe (@kevbeebe) December 16, 2018

If globalism is bad, @POTUS @realDonaldTrump, then how about we stop our activity in one of largest ways the USA contributes: arms sales. Stop selling weapons around the world, particularly to occupying nations like Israel.
— Kevin Beebe (@kevbeebe) September 26, 2018

Even if you don't think it is your fault, @realDonaldTrump @POTUS, it is your responsibility as President of the United States to offer words of calm, unity, and peace. #growup
— Kevin Beebe (@kevbeebe) October 29, 2018

Stop calling the press the #EnemyOfThePeople @realDonaldTrump! You're only proving you can't responsibility for creating a heated atmosphere which promotes shooting of Black people, Jews, reporters, and sending bombs in the mail... https://t.co/EA1LSowwkX
— Kevin Beebe (@kevbeebe) October 29, 2018

Some of us are guilty of not listening to the stories. God, have mercy on us who are white #decolonizeLutheranism
— Kevin Beebe (@kevbeebe) October 22, 2016

Finally, a post sharing the vile devotional made by two ELCA pastors. (language warning)

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ELCA Church Offers LGBTQIA+ Affirming Adult Sunday School

1/7/2019

The ELCA's Reformation Lutheran Church in Columbia, SC offered an adult Sunday school class called "Being Thankful for Ourselves: LGBTQIA+ Affirmations." As you can see, it was very affirming of homosexuality and transgenderism.

Quick News @Reformation 11/2/18 https://t.co/ndkFtpaR5w pic.twitter.com/3m0qUMtu57
— ReformationLutheranCAE (@ReformationCAE) November 2, 2018

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Retired ELCA Pastor Posts About President Trump and Nazis

1/1/2019

Dan G. Olson is a retired ELCA pastor living in Wisconsin. He studied at the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America's Luther Seminary. (Class of 1971)

We all know the ELCA seminaries are filled with liberal, Bible-rejecting seminarians waiting to become ELCA pastors. But Rev. Dan G Olson reminds us that liberal and partisan pastors have been serving the ELCA for many years. Look at what he has been posting on his Facebook page this year. See his view of people who want to defund Planned Parenthood and believe marriage is between one man and one woman. Also notice the view of those who are supporters of President Trump in the second post.

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Another Radical ELCA Pastor

12/28/2018

Diana Edis is an ELCA pastor. She enjoys pushing here radical social justice beliefs on social media. And she is apparently a big proponent of Planned Parenthood.

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'ICE is a terrorist organization'

12/23/2018

Updated.

ELCA seminarian Elle Dowd has this to say about ICE (U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement). "ICE is a terrorist organization. ICE is the Gestapo. ICE is Boke Haram."

Then ELCA Pastor Ryan Chaddick of American Lutheran Church in Burbank, CA posted his support for Elle Dowd's statement on Exposing the ELCA's Facebook page. Read more about Elle Dowd here.

And below the same Facebook post has active links which allows you to view the post on Elle's page.

As mentioned above, ELCA Pastor Ryan Chaddick wrote this comment on Exposing the ELCA's Facebook page under the posting of this blog about ICE.

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Assistant to the ELCA Presiding Bishop is a Trans* Ally

12/10/2018

Homosexual ELCA Pastor Kevin Strickland, is the Assistant to the Presiding Bishop of the ELCA. He also, as seen below, is a "Trans* Ally."

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Prayers to Embrace Sin

12/5/2018