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Lutheran female ‘minister’ leads congregation in pro-LGBT ‘Sparkle Creed’
Life Site News ^ | June 28, 2023 | Matt Lamb

Posted on 06/29/2023 12:35:37 PM PDT by Morgana

EDINA, Minnesota (LifeSiteNews) — A Lutheran female “minister” has gone viral for reciting a heretical “Sparkle Creed” as part of a recent church service.

The Edina Community Lutheran Church (ECLC) “minister,” Anna Helgen, led the congregation in the “creed”:

I believe in the non-binary God whose pronouns are plural. I believe in Jesus Christ, their child who wore a fabulous tunic and had two dads and saw everyone as a sibling-child of God.

I believe in the rainbow spirit who shatters our image of one white light and refracts it into a rainbow of gorgeous diversity. I believe in the church of everyday saints as numerous, creative, and resilient as patches on the AIDS quilt, whose feet are grounded in mud and whose eyes gaze at the stars in wonder. I believe in the calling to each of us that love is love is love is love, so beloved let us love. I believe glorious God help my unbelief.

The “minister” then prayed for “honeybee populations,” “climate justice advocacy efforts,” and successful LGBT “pride” events at the June 25 church service.

About 10 minutes later, another “pastor” named Jeff Sartain then offered another prayer about how Jesus Christ lives “among us,” in the “lives of black trans women” and “babies born into the joyful care of lesbian women.”

Sartain, donning a rainbow-colored stole, said Christ “wanders school halls as trans children and navigate the streets as queer couples walking hand in hand.”

“You come to us as [LGBTQIA+] youth with no home. You are embodied by Two-Spirit people still fighting against the impacts of colonization, erasure and stolen land,” Sartain continued.

The clip, first posted by a Twitter account called “Woke Preacher clips,” drew numerous critical responses.

“This makes me think some progressive pastors not only don’t know theology but they don’t know basics of the Bible like we were taught as children,” one person commented.

“It’s the work of the devil. Plain and simple,” another person commented.

The ECLC is a liberal church that promotes liberalism above Christianity.

It calls itself “a progressive Lutheran congregation that has been striving for over 70 years to live out Jesus’ radical message of love and to make a difference in our world. We welcome all people without exception, and reach out to our community with serving hands and voices raised for justice,” according to its website.

The church was featured in the local Star Tribune in September 2022 for its support for abortion.

It is part of the Evangelical Lutheran Church (ELCA) in America whose “bishop” is participating in the Synod Assembly with the Archdiocese of St. Paul and Minneapolis.


TOPICS: General Discusssion; Mainline Protestant
KEYWORDS: 202209; abortion; agw; antichrist; climatehoax; elca; laodicea; laodicean; lgbtq; lgbtqrstuvwxyz; lino; marxism; notlutheran; perversion; socialjustice; sparklers; woke
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I need a beer...anything but AB crap
1 posted on 06/29/2023 12:35:37 PM PDT by Morgana
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To: Morgana

Our God is a FABULOUS God!


2 posted on 06/29/2023 12:41:33 PM PDT by I-ambush (We watched the moment of defeat, played back over on the video screen. )
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To: Morgana

Bigger story is that the congregation did not walk out...


3 posted on 06/29/2023 12:44:04 PM PDT by Adder (ALL Democrats are the enemy. NO QUARTER!!)
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To: Adder

Yep, they put up with the nonsense.


4 posted on 06/29/2023 12:47:39 PM PDT by Blood of Tyrants (It's science and therefore cannot be questioned!)
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To: Adder

Indeed.


5 posted on 06/29/2023 12:48:17 PM PDT by No name given (Anonymous is who you’ll know me as)
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To: Morgana

“we welcome all people without exception…”

I wonder how they would feel about some MAGA visitors.
Actually, I don’t wonder, I know..


6 posted on 06/29/2023 12:49:26 PM PDT by hinckley buzzard ( Resist the narrative.)
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To: Blood of Tyrants

Hate to say it but the congregation may enthusiastically endorse this drivel. Lots of woke pewsitters these days, if you look at the right church.


7 posted on 06/29/2023 12:50:52 PM PDT by hinckley buzzard ( Resist the narrative.)
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To: Morgana

I look forward to Martin Luther dealing with these people.


8 posted on 06/29/2023 12:52:42 PM PDT by LauraJean (sometimes I win sometimes I donate to the equine benevolent society)
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To: Morgana
The big issue I have with this creed is this statement: I believe in Jesus Christ, their child who wore a fabulous tunic and had two dads and saw everyone as a sibling-child of God.

It contains three heresies

1) Jesus is Lord, Jesus is our one and only Savior. This creed reduces Jesus to a dude who wore a cool tunic that had two dads.

2) The statement also reduces God the father who is Holy to a mere Dad.

3) Everyone is not a child of God. Only those who become adopted by believing that Jesus is their lord and savior.

9 posted on 06/29/2023 12:54:08 PM PDT by Raycpa
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To: Raycpa

Does this sound like Jesus saw everyone as a sibling-child of God?

Matthew 12:34 You brood of vipers, how can you who are evil say anything good?


10 posted on 06/29/2023 12:57:15 PM PDT by Raycpa
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To: Blood of Tyrants

I know I wouldn’t!


11 posted on 06/29/2023 12:57:41 PM PDT by No name given (Anonymous is who you’ll know me as)
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To: LauraJean

I can only hope these folks repent before it’s too late, but I’m not exactly holding my breath.


12 posted on 06/29/2023 12:59:18 PM PDT by No name given (Anonymous is who you’ll know me as)
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To: Morgana

“We welcome all people without exception...”

Nazis? Lol.


13 posted on 06/29/2023 1:00:27 PM PDT by Seruzawa ("The Political left is the Garden of Eden of incompetence" - Marx the Smarter (Groucho))
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To: Morgana

The church of the trolls ???


14 posted on 06/29/2023 1:02:16 PM PDT by Tennessee Nana
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To: Morgana

The Church I grew up with, was confirmed in, that both my Sisters were married in... Is part of the ELCA.

I haven’t been back there in a few years... Just looked on their website... Sure enough...

“We worship God with everyone who chooses to participate, including the youngest of God’s children who make noise to praise God in their own way. We find strength in our diversity and strive to be united by our common humanity while celebrating our differences.

We welcome people of all: races, ethnicities, backgrounds, generations, political affiliations, socio-economic status, physical and mental abilities; sexual orientations, gender identities, and their families.

All are welcome and encouraged to be involved in our life together.”

I mean, I get it... “Love the sinner, hate the sin”... but this seems a lot like letting the serpents in with the sheep...


15 posted on 06/29/2023 1:07:39 PM PDT by Dead Corpse (A Psalm in napalm...)
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To: Morgana

But even if we or an angel from heaven should preach to you a gospel contrary to the one we preached to you, let him be accursed.

As we have said before, so now I say again: If anyone is preaching to you a gospel contrary to the one you received, let him be accursed.

- Galatians 1:8-9


16 posted on 06/29/2023 1:09:25 PM PDT by chajin ("There is no other name under heaven given among people by which we must be saved." Acts 4:12)
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To: Morgana

If ELCA tolerates this church, then obviously ELCA is heretical.


17 posted on 06/29/2023 1:12:24 PM PDT by MinorityRepublican
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To: Dead Corpse
We welcome...

Welcoming is one thing. Clearly defining sin and encouraging people to repent is yet another.

18 posted on 06/29/2023 1:16:59 PM PDT by viewfromthefrontier
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To: Morgana

The Lutherans went over to the dark side in WW2, electing NAZI bishops across the board.

They don’t actually stand for anything anymore.


19 posted on 06/29/2023 1:26:09 PM PDT by MMusson
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To: Morgana

Never mind all that bible stuff. Just do what FEELZ good, man.


20 posted on 06/29/2023 1:40:24 PM PDT by Organic Panic (Democrats. Memories as short as Joe Biden's eyes)
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