Posted on 09/07/2010 12:11:19 PM PDT by wmfights
Conservative Lutherans began forging the new body just weeks after the ELCA gave the green light in 2009 for non-celibate gays and lesbians to serve as clergy. Over the last year, hundreds of congregations have moved toward severing ties with the ELCA, which is the largest Lutheran denomination in the country with 4.5 million members.
The ELCA experienced its biggest-ever drop in membership last year, with 90,000 less members than the year before.
The vote on Friday to forge a new body took place during the annual Convocation of Lutheran CORE, a renewal group that seeks the renewal of Lutheran churches according to Holy Scripture and the Lutheran Confessions.
Lutheran CORE leaders have said that the problems in the ELCA are not about sexual behavior but rather about an ongoing movement away from the authority and teaching of the Bible throughout the ELCA. But they have noted that the vote on sexuality "opened the eyes of many to how far the ELCA has moved from Biblical teaching."
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“Our large Serbian parish keeps growing by leaps and bounds, mainly via adding Serbian immigrants.”
We have a substantial immigrant Serbian Church about 60 miles south of us. The children of that parish will be coming up this weekend to folk dance with our Greek children at our annual festival. The Serbs are GREAT folks!
“Have a joyous feast tomorrow, Kolo!”
Thanks and to you too! For those who wonder what HS is speaking of:
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/2584942/posts
“I hope that they have all the blessings of Christ!”
I am confident they do. They certainly are a blessing to our parish!
Thank you! I just did the “find congregation” at their website and my ex-church is ON THE LIST!!
I left my church several years ago (I went back after being away for so long) because I didn’t think it was behaving like a church should. The only way I can put it is....I don’t think they were “judgmental” enough.
It just seemed that everything and anything was a okay. No matter how hard I tried, I could not feel any closeness to God during services. Another thing that bugged me is there were new Pastors, a husband and wife team.
I just don’t think women should be Pastors, let alone homos! Thank the Lord I dodged that bullet!
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