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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Please check out the new page on our website, “ELCA Focus,” which brings together in one place a large number of resources and articles regarding the ELCA. It is intended…
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Response to The Commission for a Renewed Lutheran Church: Myths and Facts Nov 23, 2024 By Bishop Michael Rinehart Note from the Director: I was absolutely amazed to read the…
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The purpose of this communication is to inform you about a movement called the Lutheran Congregations Support Network. Their goal is to develop a means to inform ELCA congregations of…
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As a friendly commenter noted, my last article needed some serious editing. It is never good for me to find myself writing too close to a deadline; the result is…
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Editor’s Note: Lutheran CORE is collecting and possibly publishing stories from our readers and congregations about the process they followed when they tried to exit the ELCA — successfully or…
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Structural and governance changes will most certainly come about from the work of the ELCA’s Commission for a Renewed Lutheran Church. An all-encompassing redefinition of mission and ministry will most…
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