Sadly, I agree with that. Happily, though, the exodus of individuals and families will continue apace.
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Anybody for a MASS exodus to LCMS?
Romans 16:17
Both Carl Bratten and Bob Benne were professors of mine back in the 70’s. I continue to respect their efforts but am thankful that the Lord released me from the ELCA in 1989 and has allowed me to serve as a pastor in the Association of Free Lutheran Congregations.
We are all sinners. We have Ministers that were alcoholics, drug users, thieves. Nothing wrong with them becoming Ministers when they have accepted Jesus Christ,confessed their sins.
That does not mean they can continue to be drunks, drug addicts or crooks.
So how do homosexuals get to be Ministers and to continue with their sin?
This is totally ridiculous and only makes it extremely difficult in teaching our children against the wages of sin.
These religions /churches that are accepting the sin of homosexuality for whatever reason are weakening Religion in general and doing harm to us all.
When the ALC and LCA presented their arguments for the ordination of women into the Holy Ministry, it opened Pandora’s Box. All of a sudden what the church believed and practiced for twenty centuries is important, but those things were ignored when it came to women’s ordination. The ELCA adopted its usual cultural relativism approach to deciding theological issues. The Scriptures and the practice of church catholic are replaced by a liberal and secular agenda. There were many that predicted that eventually the ELCA would be ordaining practicing homosexuals into the Holy Ministry, and the leaders at that time within the ELCA said that would never happen.
Last time I checked the ELCA.org website, their official policy on abortion was they are for it. They take about 3 webpages to kind of “say” that though. False church.