If God is calling you to stay, then you must stay.
I wish I had a better answer or at least a better option, Mary. The ELCA seems to be overrun with Upper Midwesterners who believe every word out of Garrison Keillor is equal to Gospel. Ours is a comfortable little old church not too far from the very first seminary built in the United States. We like the pastor and the rest of the congregation, but are growing more and more unhappy with the ELCA's top management.
God bless,
Reb