Posted on 01/13/2024 5:03:45 PM PST by Morgana
We have seen where the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA) will be in 30 years, and it’s in the form of herchurch, a heretical church in San Francisco within the Sierra Pacific Synod, the most progressive entity of the ELCA.
Founded initially as Ebenezer Lutheran Church by Swedish immigrants in 1884, the church served the community for many years until Rev. Stacy Boorn took over. Ordained in 1987, Boorn describes herself as a “Pastor & Priestess of Ritual” and claims that her “malestream theological education opened the door for her to build a Goddess-inclusive congregation and ministry.”
Inhabited by several legions of demons, she’s remade the church into her image, painting it purple in 2010 and giving it its new moniker to “honor the Goddess and Divine Feminine,” be in “solidarity with women and all persons who are oppressed and denied equal rights,” and to “advocate for marriage rights for all people.”
Here, Boorn introduced explicitly pagan ideas into the lifeblood of the church, all the while denominational leadership looked on approvingly. She was later joined by Megan Rohrer, the first openly transgender minister and bishop ordained in the Lutheran tradition, and together they devoured any souls they could find. This includes participating in traditional liturgies like communion and singing, while placing little idols and carvings of gods throughout the church.
Other leaders include Priestess Alice Heimsoth, the “Documentarian Priestess for herchurch, artistically chronicling the community and its member’s connection to the Divine Feminine,” and Priestexx Thom Longino, the “adjunct pastor, spiritual director, Goddexx enthusiast, avid crocheter, Br Lilith of the Order of Ecumenical Franciscans, and occasional Night Minister,”
And finally, there is Priestess Christine Konkol. According to her bio:
As Priestess Witch for herchurch, Christine offers magical gifts to share and enhance the support and development of herchurch. The monthly astrological reading provides guidance from the stars and is a favorite among many. Together we honor the natural cycles of the year, the Solstices and Equinoxes, and thank the Earth for her bounty.
Not content to simply follow traditional church practices, Boorn recently created a new ritual called the “Goddess Rosary,” where supplicants use beads to utter and track prayers that “are liberating and empowering” such as “Our Mother Who is Within Us,” by Mariam Teresa Winters, a Roman Catholic Feminist, and “Hail Goddess Full of Grace,” by Carol Christ, a Goddess Feminist.)
They describe the ritual this way:
During the hour, Tibetan bowls, bells, incense, water, she-icons, Goddess Rosaries, candles, stones, and sacred space are provided for individual meditation and movement. Minister of Embodiment Judith Lavender Dancer teaches movement for the Our Mother and Hail Goddess prayers. She also brings sacred dance and the body into the Sunday liturgy.
This is the final form of the ELCA: It’s only a matter of time.
***PICTURES ON LINK***BARF***
Which of Martin’s theses covers that?
The ELCA is not Lutheran in any form.
The article says it is part of a synod.
The ELCA is not Lutheran in any form.
THE SYNOD STILL CLAIMS IT.
It’s not Christian. It’s obviously, as described, pagan. Tarot reading and astrology and worshipping the leader? It’s practically if not exactly a cult. I’m surprised if herchurch has many members. (That’s a double entendre).
And to think I grew up in the Lutheran church (although I think it was the somewhat more sane Missouri synod).
ELCA is not Lutheran and often not Christian anymore. It’s a shame that the church bodies that joined together to form this monstrosity decades ago set them on this path. When Scriptural inerrancy is thrown aside Satan steps in. Btw, I am a lifelong Lutheran.
The XXXA sinks further into Satan’s abyss of apostasy.
As an educated guy( by christian universities)
the different Religions are all due to men not being Christian.
They are are like the Jewish priests that
abused their authority.
They pick and chose the parts that meet their
personal prejudices.
Baptists don’t allow drink.
Catholics think the Pope is selected by God( sort of)
I could go on.
Christianity is all about your personal
relationship with God and Christ.
If you chose to let some church interfere with that,
that is your choice.
One major difference between the Catholic and Lutheran churches is that you can tell who the chosen faithful and who the damned heretic Lutherans are simply by where they meet—chosen faithful in LCMS, WELS, and a few smaller groups, damned heretics in ELCA. Eventually the “traditional” Catholics will realize they are in the wrong place wherever Francis and his prog cardinals rule, and ask the Spirit to provide them a real pope who really cares about the faith.
Pope Francis: Why didn’t I think of that stuff?
Catholics may have Bingo! but Lutherans have free Tarot Card readings. Any other churchs want to up their game? C’mon don’t be shy.
“Let no man deceive you by any means: for that day shall not come, except there come a falling away first, and that man of sin be revealed, the son of perdition...”
II These. 2:3
I’d say the falling away is in full swing - but I’m sure we haven’t seen anything yet. The lawless one can’t be too far behind.
I was raised in the more
Conservative and fundamental synod of the Lutherans, the L.C.M.S, better known as the Lutheran Church Misery Synod. I believe it has been steadily dropping in membership for many years. I left after high school and never looked back. Apparently many others do as well.
We have seen where the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA) will be in 30 years, and it’s in the form of herchurch, a heretical church in San Francisco within the Sierra Pacific Synod, the most progressive entity of the ELCA.
That group ("herchurch")'s been around for quite a while.
t reminds me of what Ezekiel saw when he was told to dig through the side of the Temple and report what he saw there.
"have you seen, son of man, what each of them does in his room of pictures? You will see worse."
Correct.
But there are no LCMS here on the big island of Hawaii.
So I stream my aunt’s Presbyterian California church.
Eventually the “traditional” Catholics will realize they are in the wrong place wherever Francis and his prog cardinals rule, and ask the Spirit to provide them a real pope who really cares about the faith.
Francis and his Pachamama idol.
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