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ELCA presiding bishop joins NCC leaders in letter to vice president, Cabinet and Congress
Evangelical Lutheran Church in America ^ | 8 Januray A.D. 2021 | Candice Hill Buchbinder

Posted on 01/10/2021 10:23:59 PM PST by lightman

CHICAGO — The Rev. Elizabeth A. Eaton, presiding bishop of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA), joined leaders from the National Council of Churches (NCC) in an open letter to Vice President Mike Pence, members of Congress and the Cabinet, calling for the removal of President Donald Trump from office.

The letter states: "Our faith instructs us to take seriously positions of leadership, not to lead others astray and to be careful about what we say and do.

"For the good of the nation, so that we might end the current horror and prepare the way for binding up the nation's wounds, we, as leaders of the member communions of the National Council of Churches of Christ in the USA (NCC), believe the time has come for the President of the United States, Donald J. Trump, to resign his position immediately."

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About the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America: The ELCA is one of the largest Christian denominations in the United States, with nearly 3.3 million members in more than 8,900 worshiping communities across the 50 states and in the Caribbean region. Known as the church of "God's work. Our hands.," the ELCA emphasizes the saving grace of God through faith in Jesus Christ, unity among Christians and service in the world. The ELCA's roots are in the writings of the German church reformer Martin Luther.

For information contact: Candice Hill Buchbinder 773-380-2877 Candice.HillBuchbinder@ELCA.org


TOPICS: Culture/Society; Government; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: church; coup; elca; linos; lutheran; ncc; sodomitesofmoloch; trump
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To: Dalberg-Acton

yes


21 posted on 01/10/2021 10:48:29 PM PST by piasa (Attitude adjustments offered here free of charge)
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To: piasa

“Getting along” is somewhere on the “fellow traveler” continuum.

Your Pastor was VERY wise!


22 posted on 01/10/2021 10:49:54 PM PST by lightman (I am a binary Trinitarian. Deal with it!)
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To: lightman
The IRS recognizes the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America is a 501(c)(3) organization, which means that it is exempt from federal income tax...That's interesting...Seems they are apolitical organization...
23 posted on 01/10/2021 10:51:11 PM PST by PerConPat (A politician is an animal that can sit on a fence and yet keep both ears to the ground--Mencken )
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To: PerConPat

Correction: ...a political—not apolitical


24 posted on 01/10/2021 10:54:42 PM PST by PerConPat (A politician is an animal that can sit on a fence and yet keep both ears to the ground--Mencken )
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To: lightman

They also celebrated the summer of BLM love and condoning the rioting and the looting and the violence.


25 posted on 01/10/2021 11:07:13 PM PST by Skywise
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To: Skywise

As mentioned in the OP, thankful to be out of Epypt!


26 posted on 01/10/2021 11:12:13 PM PST by lightman (I am a binary Trinitarian. Deal with it!)
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To: lightman

I’ll be polite, so I do not get my FR account suspended ... What an ignorant fool this woman is.


27 posted on 01/10/2021 11:12:31 PM PST by JME_FAN
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To: lightman

Tax the Churches!


28 posted on 01/10/2021 11:12:51 PM PST by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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To: ZagFan

Pat, is that you?


29 posted on 01/10/2021 11:14:20 PM PST by JME_FAN
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To: JME_FAN

I prefer the Dan Ackroyd retort from the classic SNL “Weekend Update:

“....you ignorant slut!”


30 posted on 01/10/2021 11:18:42 PM PST by lightman (I am a binary Trinitarian. Deal with it!)
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To: madison10

This is no LCMS- Missouri Synod. I would never remain a member of the ELCA you may as well join the Pope. Religion and politics don’t mix.


31 posted on 01/11/2021 12:38:28 AM PST by RightLady (Save Western Civilization.)
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To: Southside_Chicago_Republican

This is not the real Lutherans LCMS- They should be forced to change their names. They are heretics and their leaders are headed for hell


32 posted on 01/11/2021 12:43:33 AM PST by RightLady (Save Western Civilization.)
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To: House Atreides

yes—or close by J Edgar Hoover


33 posted on 01/11/2021 12:44:45 AM PST by RightLady (Save Western Civilization.)
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To: alexander_busek

Church Lady Dana Carvey is LCMS


34 posted on 01/11/2021 12:45:43 AM PST by RightLady (Save Western Civilization.)
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To: lightman

Republicans in the pews will blindly continue to fill the collection baskets every Sunday.


35 posted on 01/11/2021 1:18:55 AM PST by Veggie Todd (Religion. It's like a History class. Without the facts. )
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To: Dalberg-Acton

Not sure. The WCC certainly was.


36 posted on 01/11/2021 2:22:31 AM PST by CardCarryingMember.VastRightWC ("May You Live in Interesting Times": Ancient Chinese Curse. The Wuhanic Plague: Modern Chinese Curse)
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To: lightman

I’m glad I left too! My little rural ELCA church in Maryland seemed OK until I went to a Synod assembly, which had nothing to do with sharing the Word and was exclusively dedicated to liberal Democrat politics. I left that church and began searching, thankfully finding an LCMS church that was faithful to God, not leftist politics.


37 posted on 01/11/2021 4:36:31 AM PST by RebelBanker (May have been the losing side. Still not convinced it was the wrong one.)
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To: RightLady

I always make the distinction. I grew up around St. Louis and know Concordia and KFUO. My first serious girlfriend was LCMS. A church with integrity.


38 posted on 01/11/2021 5:23:08 AM PST by Southside_Chicago_Republican (The more I learn about people, the more I like my dog. )
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To: lightman

Me too!!!!

I have met Elizabeth A. Eaton! She is a fraudulent “bishop”, ands now disgraced herself horribly once again!!!!


39 posted on 01/11/2021 10:08:53 AM PST by Honorary Serb (Kosovo is Serbia! Free Srpska! Abolish ICTY!)
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