Posted on 04/13/2005 5:50:35 AM PDT by NYer
Washington DC, Apr. 12, 2005 (CNA) - The Evangelical Lutheran Church in America may become the first U.S.-based Lutheran denomination to approve the ordination of active homosexuals as clergy and lay ministers, reported the Christian Post.
The Church Council released a statement Monday with three resolutions that ask whether the church should bless same-sex unions and ordain non-celibate homosexuals, provided they remain faithful to their partner.
The statement has been forwarded to the ELCA Churchwide Assembly, which is scheduled to meet Aug. 8-14 in Florida. Delegates will then decide to accept, reject or amend the three resolutions.
Current ELCA policy allows the ordination of celibate homosexuals but not active homosexuals.
Should the Churchwide Assembly adopt the new policy, the ELCA will likely become the only Lutheran denomination in the United States with official guidelines for such ordinations.
Ping!
ELCA is Lutheran in name only. Missouri or Wisconsin Synods won't permit this.
This is out of hand...This is like asking if anyone determined how Pope John Paul liked to have sex.
People that marry horses should be next.
Headline should say 'ELCA Lutherans'.
I'm Lutheran Church Missouri-Synod'. No way LCMS is heading this way. LCMS has done a better job speaking against homosexuality in a mature way than what I heard when I was Catholic.
-- Joe
Well, looks like my wife will get her wish to have me go to her Catholic Church on a regular basis.
What's the difference? Isn't Lutheran ... er ... Lutheran?
Unfortunate turn of phrase...
Have they learned NOTHING from the Episcopalians? The parking lots that used to be packed are now half empty. The revenues have to be down. Do they mean to deliberately destroy EVERY denominastion?
Me thinks they do.
And the Catholic church has not ordained homosexuals?
Not professed homosexuals. Professed homosexuals cannot even enter seminaries now.
no different that Conservative Republicans and Rinos ... a mixed marriage in the Lutheran church is one between a Missouri Synod member and an ELCA member
No there are different types. Some are much more conservative than others.
Will that include an Aids testing program or not?
Another religious group bites the dust.
Don't ask, don't tell.
I like the way they say "same-sex relationships". It opens the door for polygamy.
And they know they're celibate because..........?
What a farce.....it was just their way of getting that camel's nose under the tent...
The other poster was right....Lutheran in name only.
Try Missouri synod.
This, of course, makes all the difference in the world. (Not, however, in Heaven.)
I think the ELCA should recognize that some potential pastors may enjoy having sex with an animal partner. Male or female should make no difference as long as they stay committed to that "partner."
These denominations of Christianity are so far out of touch with the Ten Commandments and the Gospels that they defy gravity.
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