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Who Counts and Who Does Not

In my letter from the director for December 2022 I wrote about several concerns that arose in my mind as I read a November 16 news release from the ELCA Read More

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Jim Nestingen Tribute

I first got to know the name James Nestingen through what I still believe is the best confirmation text ever produced — the first edition of Free to Be co-written with Gerhard Read More

Dennis Nelson In Letter from the Director

Letter From the Director – December 2022

ARE YOU READY FOR CHRISTMAS? Editor’s Note: This Lightstock image used for this post is described as a “Fresco painting of the Nativity, from the chapel of the Shepherd’s Field Read More

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Year End Giving Appeal Letter 2022

Year End 2022 Dear Friends – I have been enjoying doing a weekly Bible study based upon the lectionary readings for the following Sunday. A couple churches post them on Read More

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Encuentro 2022 – A New Perspective

Many thanks to retired ELCA pastor and former Lutheran CORE board member Keith Forni for organizing, and to St. Timothy’s Lutheran Church (ELCA) in the Hermosa neighborhood of northwest Chicago Read More

Dennis Nelson In Letter from the Director

Letter From The Director – October 2022

IT SHOULD NOT SURPRISE ANYONE It should not surprise anyone that a movement is developing to get the ELCA to commit a massive breach of trust and to eliminate any Read More

Kim Smith In Newsletters

September 2022 Newsletter

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Dennis Nelson In , Seminarians, Young Timothy

No Acceptance of Confessional Faith at My ELCA Seminary

Note from CORE’s Executive Director: Many thanks to a seminarian, who wishes to remain anonymous, for writing about what it was like to attend an ELCA seminary. Students considering enrolling Read More

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Highlights of the ELCA Churchwide Assembly

No Mention of God Here is a link to the ELCA’s description of the Highlights of its own recent Churchwide Assembly. Please notice. Two words are conspicuously absent – the Read More

Dennis Nelson In Other Communications

The Revisionists Have Completely Taken Over: A Review and Evaluation of the ELCA Churchwide Assembly

The ELCA held its Churchwide Assembly August 8-12 in Columbus, Ohio. The gathering sent a strong message to confessional Lutherans with traditional views – You are not welcome. In this Read More