[Diana in Wisconsin]

I left the Lutheran Church two years ago because it looked like it was leaving me. And leave me it did. :(

[blueblazes]

It's really sad what they're trying to stick on Christ these days.

[lilylangtree]

Egads!

[HamiltonJay]

And the Lutheran's show again that they haven't been on message since Martin Luther himself...

[wideawake]

Come home to Rome, Lutherans.

[Jim W N]

Looks like God's separating the sheep from the goats.

[lexington minuteman 1775]

This is sad. I have come to the opinion these folks work with the ACLU mentality. They know it will take decades but they will keep hammering at American churches until they allow the ordination of homosexuals as "normal" behavior. Which of course splits the denominations. So a sad day indeed. I doubt they get the 2/3rd's vote this time. But this will not be the last we hear of this. They will stay at it for the long haul.I hope the church is prepared for that.

[SoDak]

Where did you go? I've about had it with the ELCA myself.

[reagan_fanatic]

My Mom and Dad were Lutherans for about 15 years. The Lutheran churches in our area are nothing but a bunch of religious country clubs, where the focus is less on Christ's teachings than on your social status - the type of car you drive, how expensive your home is, your net worth, etc.

They quit in disgust and never went back. They became members of an Assembly of God church and couldn't have been happier.

[WinOne4TheGipper]

I recently left a Lutheran Brethren (you're up north, are you familiar with them?) congregation for the ELCA church I was baptized in down here in Texas. They seem pretty conservative to me. I guess I just got the luck of the draw.

[theFIRMbss]

>I left the Lutheran Church two years ago because it looked like it was leaving me. And leave me it did. :(

So? The church will lose
thousands of Christians. It will
gain dozens of gays!

[Marysecretary]

Good for Pastor Jay! Another denomination down the tubes.

[TheDon]

Homosexuality is not a sin

Hmmmm.... someone's in for a surprise.

[lightman]

Bishop Paul Stumme-Diers said it was important to maintain unity within the church

Yeah, hold hands with a fister who just explored someone's you-know-what and sing Kumbaya.

[tractorman]

Try the Wisconsin Evangelical Lutheran Synod (WELS).
It’s a Lutheran church that still believes what Martin Luther did.

[MinuteGal]

I have to post this every time another Lutheran synod goes over to the dark side. These liberal synods are only a part of the Lutheran denomination.

I am a lifelong Lutheran in the LCMS (Lutheran Church, Missouri Synod) which is holding firm in the faith of our fathers.

Those who are leaving the liberal synods should immediately join a LCMS congregation to remain on the light side.

I love the Catholic Church also, but the Lutherans have better hymns, LOL.

Leni

[blueblazes]

This reminds me of one of my favorite NT passages, Matthew 7-19: 21. "Wherefore by their fruits ye shall know them." I guess Christ foresaw the Lutherans.

[NeoCaveman]

Pastor Jennifer Thomas, 32, of Lake Park Lutheran Church in Milwaukee, said she was pleased with the results. "I believe the Gospel of Christ calls us to fully include everyone in the church. Homosexuality is not a sin," Thomas said.

How does Jennifer explain what happened to Sodom and Gommarah(sp?)

[MIchaelTArchangel]

Does this mean Lutherans are converting to Episcopalianism?

[siunevada]

"It was fun being Christian but we've decided to move on(.org)."

[joesnuffy]

Stick to WI Synod you be aww'ite

That liberal Milwaukee Synod try to run ole Navy-Marine Tet 68
Chaplin Stuebe out years ago...for bein' too Lutheran like.

IIRC