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ELCA Seminary Facebook Post Profiles Married Gay Student

4/30/2019

ELCA seminary, Lutheran School of Theology at Chicago (LSTC), has taken to Facebook to shine a spotlight on some of their first-year seminary students. The below profile is of Phillip Potaczek, a Master of Divinity student. In the profile we learn Phillip is gay and has a husband.

God tells us in many places in scripture that homosexuality is a sin. We also know that God calls on us to repent of our sins. If you care about gay people you will lovingly tell them that.

Instead of encouraging repentance of homosexual relations, the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America presents it as "good." People with same-sex attraction deserve to know the truth. They need to know that bondage to sin can separate them from God.

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An ELCA Church's Syncretism and its Politically Obsessed Pastor

3/26/2019

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Emmanuel Lutheran Church in Rockford, Illinois, is a congregation of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America and is located 75 miles away from ELCA headquarters in Chicago.

If you attend Emmanuel Lutheran Church you should know that they are "embracing a broader view of Jesus’ life and teachings as a path of transformation for our own individual spiritual journeys, our ReFresh service draws upon readings from the Bible and other sacred texts, poetry, dance, and song."

On Emmanuel Lutheran's website homepage they say "We are open to the uniqueness of each person's story and are about helping you discover your gifts and your calling. We seek to become compassionate servants of God, reaching out through service to heal and inspire Rockford and the world. We learn from our own Christian tradition as well as from other cultures and religions." (see here)

Mixing religions is called syncretism. This goes against God's Word. (See Deuteronomy 4:2 and Revelation 22:18-19.) That is what Emmanuel Lutheran in Rockford looks to be doing.

Below is how this ELCA church describes a couple of their services (or see here).

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This same ELCA church recently hosted a Sufi Meditation Gathering, (see below) which is Islamic.

This is a video by Emmanuel Lutheran Church of church members saying what they like about the church. One young person interviewed said “I like how it accepts most religions and sexualities…It gives people a chance to just like chill without being like told, like if they are not a certain religion they can not go up for communion. It’s really accepting.”

Emmanuel Lutheran Church in Rockford, Illinois, describes itself on its home page as "PROGRESSIVE. INCLUSIVE. CREATIVE." (see here) Below is their LGBTQA Support information.

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Robert Franek is the interim pastor at Emmanuel Lutheran Church. (See below)

ELCA pastor Franek is very passionate about politics, and he loves to share his perspectives. In one of his articles he wrote, "Currently one party, as it struggles with messaging and infighting, is fighting for the soul of our democracy. The other is a dumpster fire gas lighting the nation and enabling a president who poses a clear and present danger to our national security, civil rights, and planetary health." (Read here)

On Rev. Franek's Twitter account he made 143 tweets, retweets and replies in a 24-hour period. (11/1/18 2:55 p.m. to 11/2/18 2:55 p.m.) And he did not tweet that in one sitting. The tweets took place in at least 21 different time blocks throughout the 24-hour period. I'd call that obsessive.

Below is some of what Rev. Franek has written or shared:

The Health 202: Three states to vote on measures to limit abortion rights in the midterms https://t.co/MnWm2tz5P8 pic.twitter.com/5EIjLncHlW
— Robert Franek (@robertfranek) November 2, 2018

Trump Has Destroyed the GOP Coalition With His White Nationalism https://t.co/zUA5tpvtTB pic.twitter.com/vSzXzmanON
— Robert Franek (@robertfranek) November 2, 2018

Trump Has Told 6,420 Lies Since Becoming President https://t.co/pS2rlL9PEh pic.twitter.com/jxeXQbIHmf
— Robert Franek (@robertfranek) November 2, 2018

Mob boss law and order. This fear mongering and inhumanity has to be stopped. VOTE BLUE! https://t.co/cMgvfimJiu
— Robert Franek (@robertfranek) November 2, 2018

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ELCA Transgender Pastor Featured in Cosmopolitan Magazine

3/12/2019

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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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'A More Inclusive and Loving Church'

2/22/2019

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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 John Sipf's Views

2/11/2019

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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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'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

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