Christianity is being attacked on every side. Now, we have the Lutherans have defected from the faith. and their membership is falling like a rock. Another group that is being attacked are the Catholics. The majority of the Catholic faith has been penetrated by the “BLACK LIBERATION MOVEMENT” and their adherance to “SOCIAL EQUALITY”, whatever that means. I forsee the time when there will be a split in that religion also. Up to now, the church in Rome has been very quiet on where they stand on the “BLACK LIBERATION MOVEMENT” and where they stand on “SOCIAL EQUALITY”. As with the Lutherans, the split is irreparable, but the problem is all that property that the Lutherans own, in the USA. ELCA will never give that up without a fight.
AFAIK, ELCA bylaws state that if a congregation leaves, they (the congregation gets to keep the property. There have been cases I’ve heard of where ELCA has still tried to keep the property, though.
I believe my brothers church kept their property when the left the ELCA but it was a bruising fight. The heirarchy of the ELCA came to the congregational meeting that led to the schism. They fully defended their apostasy and asked my brothers church to repent. He actually ended up standing up in the middle of the meeting and telling the bishop “Here I stand, I can do no other”. Ironic, huh.