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* as of August 19, AD 2009, a liberal protestant SECT, not part of the holy, catholic and apostolic CHURCH.
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Posted on 05/19/2022 3:52:06 PM PDT by SeekAndFind
The head of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America has issued a pastoral letter supporting abortion access and expresseding opposition to overturning the United States Supreme Court decision Roe v. Wade.
ELCA Presiding Bishop Elizabeth Eaton released a “pastoral message on abortion” on Tuesday, explaining that the denomination teaches that “abortion must be legal, regulated and accessible.”
"While this church longs for a future with fewer abortions every year, the social statement points out that outlawing all or nearly all abortions is not the way to do this,” stated Eaton.
“The ELCA opposes both ‘the total lack of regulation of abortion’ and ‘legislation that would outlaw abortion in all circumstances.’”
Eaton expressed opposition to overturning Roe, which she said would “upend 50 years of legal precedent in our nation and damage the health and well-being of many.”
"The prospect is daunting. As Christians, we persevere in hope,” she continued. “We must continue to be bold in our prayers and in our public witness for a more just society that cherishes and guarantees the dignity of all.”
Pastor Tom Brock, a former member of the ELCA who oversees a television ministry in Minnesota, emailed The Christian Post a statement denouncing the Eaton pastoral message.
"Bishop Eaton is forgetting the many unborn children whose lives would be saved from the destruction of abortion. Eaton's statement barely mentions the unborn child,” stated Brock. “’Thou shalt not kill’ is nowhere to be found in Eaton's ‘pastoral’ letter.”
“I believe Jesus, who said ‘Inasmuch as you do it to the least of these my brethren, you do it unto me’ (Matthew 28:40), is grieving over what the ELCA has become: an advocate for Roe v. Wade which has killed 62 million unborn children since 1973.”
Eaton’s message was spurred by Politico publishing a leaked draft opinion in the Supreme Court case of Dobbs v. Jackson, in which the high court ruled 5-4 to overturn Roe.
The draft was authored by Justice Samuel Alito and written up in February. It would have allowed individual state legislatures to decide whether to ban or otherwise restrict abortion.
Although both Politico admitted that the draft opinion was not necessarily the final decision, the report sparked numerous protests and several acts of vandalism against churches and pro-life pregnancy health centers.
“Evangelical Lutheran” is that like the Matter Anti-Matter church?
Did he ever actually read the Bible?
Wish we could legally force these non-Christians to stop using Luther’s name.
Beware of false prophets.
You unequivocally cannot name the name of Jesus Christ and support abortion. If you support abortion you cannot claim to follow Christ. The two are mutually exclusive.
“ELCA Presiding Bishop Elizabeth Eaton”
Play stupid games, win stupid prizes.
Ping!
Nothing says, “Christian” like supporting infanticide.
She hasn’t read the brief, she doesn’t know what Roe says, and doesn’t know what “overturning” Roe would do. Other than that, she obviously feels qualified to pontificate from an exalted pulpit of ignorance.
Abortion isn’t in the Bible. Stoning is though. And God sent a death angel to indiscriminately murder the first born males of Egypt, which I assume included infants and children. Different interpretations are normal.
These "evangelical" Lutherans are leftists and fakes, yet the lamestream media always presents them as if they are the only Lutherans in the country.
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* as of August 19, AD 2009, a liberal protestant SECT, not part of the holy, catholic and apostolic CHURCH.
Christ is Risen!
Ofttimes me thinks the ELCA gets its talking points from AOC.
They. Evangelize… but it isn’t Lutheran or christian
It is still hilarious to tell pro-LGBTQetc. and pro-abortion leftists that there is a new medical test which can tell if a fetus is going to become gay or lesbian as an adult, so parents can abort it before birth.
“They’re keeping it quiet, and just telling the parents that their baby has a bad birth defect, so they can recommend abortion to them.”
I have said before, many times
ElCA is neither Evangelical, nor Lutheran
“Did he ever actually read the Bible?”
Probably not. The ELCA is not a Christian church.
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