Why don’t they all just convert to Orthodoxy and be done with it?
There are significant cultural and liturgical hurdles involved in converting to orthodoxy. The latter are perhaps fairly easily addressed if congregations and their clergy were to convert to Western Rite Antiochian.
However, the real problem for the LutheranCORE folks and their parallel movements has been quite crudely put as “what about the girls?” There are some truly outstanding female clergy in the leadership of this organization: read Pr. Erma Wolf’s closing sermon to the gathering at Fishers.
There are many fine MALE clergy who have vowed not to go anywhere without their Ordained sisters. Unfortuntely, that stance rules out , Orthodoxy, Anglican Use Catholic, LC-MS—three of the best options out there, in that order.
I agree!!!!
As (Antiochian Orthodox) Father Morris’ essay points out, there is not one church body that instituted women’s ordination that did not see demands for feminist/anti-Trinitarian liturgical language, ordination of gaysbians, and “blessing” of same-sex “unions”/”marriages”. We can call it Morris’ Law, which goes together with Neuhaus’ Law.
There are a few women former Lutheran pastors who have converted to Orthodoxy, thus giving up their ordination.