Editor's Note: The author is writing about the outlandishness of the 1994 draft. It promoted same sex relationships and masturbation. And it was released to the press before it was…
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The events that put me at the front line of leading our church out of the ELCA began with an unexpected phone call from our founding pastor. Unbeknownst to him,…
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Six years. That was the length of time St. John’s Lutheran Church of Nanticoke, PA, went without a called pastor. For six years, this incredibly close-knit group of strong lay…
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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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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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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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Editor's Note: Our prayers and words of thanks go to the Reformers group of St. Paul's Lutheran Church. They have been tireless in their efforts and courageous and faithful in…
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The following is an excerpt from the October Letter from the DIrector of Lutheran Core, Dennis Nelson. In my Summer Letter from the Director I gave a very detailed account…
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WILL YOUR CHURCH BE NEXT? There are three things that I would like to say as follow up to my last two articles about two ELCA congregations where their respective…
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