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.
30 years ago my ELCA pastor was the president of the local Right to Life.
Too many of today’s pastors are wolves in sheep’s clothing.
.....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.”.....
NO CHURCH has any business teaching about abortion—EXCEPT to teach that God created every human being from the moment of conception, loves every human being unconditionally, and desires that every human being lives and comes to salvation in Christ!!!!
By the way, Elizabeth Eaton is a feminazi from the Harvard Divinity School/University Lutheran Church Cambridge (UniLu) clan. No wonder she teaches the way she does!!!!
Anyone who is caught up in the ELCA heresy—especially those who once considered themselves “traditional Lutherans”—needs to seriously investigate the Orthodox Church, including attending Divine Liturgy!! REALLY!!!! (However, avoid the Antiochian parish in Central Square Cambridge, which is infected with some of the same heresies that infect UniLu. In fact, they get the heresies DIRECTLY from UniLu!! Phooey!!!!)
I replied to Eaton’s tweet. I asked which Bible verses say that God approves of killing babies. I got about 30 notifications (including replies and likes), and about half of the people are pro-life.
AXIOS!
Defrock him and sent him to Outer Mongolia.
AXIOS!!!!
Elsewhere in this thread, I said EXACTLY where the ELCA gets its talking points!!
It’s NOT AOC!!!!
A woman in a position of authority, pro killing babies. When are they erecting the golden idol?
The Bishop isn’t a he.
I saw that later. It answers everything.
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