Alot ECLA ers won’t join the LCMS because of our stand on women(no pastors) and communion doctrine of closed communion.
which is ironic because those 2 issues is why the ELCA is where they are at today.
Plus young earth (six day) creationism as an article of faith, and the ability of any LCMS member, anywhere, who gets pizzed off to bring "charges" against and LCMS pastor, anywhere.
A guy with a bee in his bonnet tried to defrock the Atlantic District President because he had dared to offer an overtly Christian prayer at an interfaith service at Yankee stadium a couple days after the 9-11-01 terrorist attacks.