Elca and homosexuality
ELCA vote opens door to nixing conscience protections for lgbtq+ marriage opponents
The Evangelical Lutheran Church in America has approved a offer to possibly amend a social utterance that respects the conscience of members who oppose queer marriage.
At the ELCA Churchwide Assembly in Columbus, Ohio, delegates voted in favor of potentially revising a social declaration passed on the issue of "bound conscience."
Motion K, also known as "Revision to Human Sexuality: Gift and Faith Social Statement," passed overwhelmingly last Thursday in a vote of to The ELCA will build a task pressure to review the issue and build recommendations to the Churchwide Assembly.
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Most attendees who spoke on the motion supported the measure. Considerable applause broke out after Presiding Bishop Elizabeth Eaton confirmed its passage.
Michael Schulte of the Southeastern Synod spoke in favor of the motion, s
ELCA will not remove conscience protections for gay marriage opponents: official
The Evangelical Lutheran Church in America will not remove conscience protections for members who object same-sex marriage, according to a church official.
In , the progressive mainline denomination voted to approve an editing process for a document, which, among other things, required the denomination to respect different judgments on LGBT issues among members.
Some expressed concern that the edits could direct to the removal of conscience protections for member congregations that are theologically opposed to recognizing gay marriages.
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However, Ryan P. Cumming, program director for the ELCA's Theological Values, Education, and Community Engagement, has stated that this will not be the case.
In comments emailed to The Christian Post on Wednesday, Cumming said that the "reconsideration is editorial only" a
Readers of The Lutheran know the ELCA has been involved in a study of human sexuality with specific reference to homosexuality and whether homosexual people should be ordained as pastors. Pastors and others received a thorough study, Background Essay on Biblical Texts, as part of the ELCA’s study.
Members of some congregations have not had the opportunity to read this research, or they may have been turned off by its length and detail. But even for those who do read it, I share some insights that I have not seen in this study. I will also ask some questions to ponder as you consider the biblical texts, leaving you free to draw your own conclusions.
I am in no way involved in the process for determining the ELCA’s position or policies on the issues before the church. My purpose is to advise and invite reflection on the subject of homosexuality and the church today, while not trying to persuade anyone toward any conclusion on the issues at hand.
In dealing with biblical texts, it is easy to scan into or out of them what one wants to detect . Therefore, different and conflicting interp
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ELCA social statement on human sexuality
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