An Analysis of Recommendations 1 and 7 in the Final Report of the ELCA's Commission for a Renewed Lutheran Church The past couple years we have written extensively about the…
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The Lutheran Congregational Support Network (LCSN) has recently released three more videos which tell of big changes that are on the horizon for the ELCA. HERE is a link…
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ELCA leaders must have heard enough about the work of the Lutheran Congregational Support Network that the ELCA Office of the Secretary has prepared a document entitled “Myths and Facts…
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AN ANALYSIS OF CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENTSÂ COMING FROM THE CHURCH COUNCILÂ TO THE 2025 ELCA CHURCHWIDE ASSEMBLY: THE ELCA MUST NOT VALUE TRUSTÂ AND MUST NOT KNOW HOW TO BUILD TRUST by Dennis D.…
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It started with Holy Communion. When people ask me to share my experience with leaving the ELCA, the story begins where questions of church fellowship must always begin: the altar.…
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Director's Note: The contents of this post were provided to Lutheran CORE's director by the Lutheran Congregational Support Network (LCSN). The ELCA Office of the Secretary has produced a document…
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Last month there was a discussion in the ELCA Clergy Facebook group where one person mentioned concerns that had been shared by a member of the congregation regarding last summer’s…
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Editor's Note: Dan Hetherington is the pastor at St. John Lutheran Church, Columbia, MD. We have heard many stories from around the country about the problems some have faced in…
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The 2022 ELCA Churchwide Assembly passed two resolutions that called for reconsideration of the 2009 social statement, “Human Sexuality: Gift and Trust.” Reconsideration #1: A review of specific text references that…
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This January marks the end of my term as President of Lutheran CORE. I have been on the board of CORE since 2019. In that time, my own congregation held…
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