[SmithL]

From their "Local Wicked" page. Go figure.

[BenKenobi]

“If a church would not accept my sister, then they would not accept me”

Yet, this is what Christ says:

“And the brother shall deliver up the brother to death, and the father the child: and the children shall rise up against their parents, and cause them to be put to death.

And ye shall be hated of all men for my name’s sake: but he that endureth to the end shall be saved.”

[PetroniusMaximus]

Fagottry trumps all.

[greatplains]

“But RIC’s welcome extends wider than that – to those who are single, divorced or separated; to the disabled and to those with different cognitive abilities”.

Just the same as being gay, isn’t it. What a unmitigated load of bat guano. You poor, stupid, foolish people.

[PGR88]

“...The next step is for the St. Stephen congregation council to send a letter to the RIC Grassroots Organizer to have the church officially included in the national roster of RIC congregations...”

And the step after that is be prepared to have your congregation disappear over the next 5-10 years.

[RinaseaofDs]

Missing the forest for the trees.

Every single church, every one of them, is populated with 100 percent sinners. Not a single church can boast a person who does not sin on a regular basis.

As for Churches condemning any one, that isn’t their place. A church is a place for people to find forgiveness for their many sins.

It’s when churches start monkeying with the definition of sin is where things start to go aglee.

[RnMomof7]

Their tent is so large it will collapse in on itself and spiritually kill all those within it

[HighlyOpinionated]

I am so glad I left the "Lutheran" church for the Roman Catholic Church!

[terycarl]

THAT’S WHERE THE protestant churches came from....I don’t agree with the Catholic church so I will start my own or join someone elses......it’s very hard to be a Catholic....there’s no middle ground, you do not have a menu to choose from. You are either Catholic or you are not......and we don’t cut your head off if you leave! (we’re very compassionate!)

[Graybeard58]

I could not become a member of a church that would condemn my sister.

It isn't the church that is "condemning" her sister.

My church is Baptist and I don't claim to know a lot about other people's churches but my church would welcome her sister as long as she wasn't disruptive.

She could sit in the congregation and hear the word of God but could not join our membership without repentance.

[narses]

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[lightman]

Lutheran (EL C S*A) Ping!

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[Dominick]

While Howard said the church has no openly gay members yet, it does have several members with gay relatives, who have been relieved to find a church that does not ask them to choose between their religious beliefs and their family member. “The RIC conversation began at St Stephen when those members shared the heartbreaking stories of their GLBT relatives and friends who never felt truly welcome at any Christian church,” he said.

But RIC’s welcome extends wider than that – to those who are single, divorced or separated; to the disabled and to those with different cognitive abilities.

Anyone is welcome at a Catholic Church. The single people must remain pure. The married, divorce or separated remain chaste. The disabled are welcomed and helped. The poor are comforted. The gay are called to a live of celibacy. All are welcome, but all are also called to live as a child of God, not an animal.

Its a high calling. Many fail. It is very hard to live without sin. It is why we have a gift of mercy from God himself.

There are Catholics who attend Mass weekly who sin by taking birth control, violate their marriage vows, steal, lie or even murder. A big difference is that we don't celebrate sin, we have no adulterers ministry that celebrates hooking up outside marriage. Any ministry of this sort would help the sinner stop in the sin.

One may not mock God and call evil as good and good as evil for long.

[RedDogzRule]

“I knew that I did not want to remain Catholic as a result of their views on homosexuality. I could not become a member of a church that would condemn my sister. If a church would not accept my sister, then they would not accept me.”

At least she had the decency to get out and not try to corrupt the Catholic church from within, as most libs prefer to do.

[kitkat]

***...with all people who are called into community and reconciliation with Jesus.”***

I guess their pastor didn’t bother reading that “incorrect” part of the Bible called Soddam and Gormorah.

[B Knotts]

{ ELCA } Lutheran Church widens its tent stance