…blessings of “same sex unions” and
…homosexual “ordination and rostering”
Following the super-majority approval (66.67% to 33.33%) of a new social statement on Human Sexuality by the Evangelical Lutheran Church of America's Churchwide Assembly earlier this week, the delegates yesterday passed 4 recommendations to change policy and practice in the church body.
The new recommendations approved by this Convention will allow “blessing of same sex unions”,and “ordination and rostering of homosexuals” in long-term, monogamous relationships to serve in the pastoral ministries of the church. This is a marked shift away from the clear teachings of the Scriptures held by the majority of Christians in the world.
This will certainly have a great impact on the people of the ELCIC as our social statement, due to be introduced at our national convention in Saskatchewan in 2011, has the same intention, to allow “blessing of same sex unions”, and “ordination and rostering of homosexuals”.
Lutheran CORE leaders are inviting faithful Lutheran congregations and individuals to direct funding away from the “national church body” because of the decisions made this week by the Churchwide Assembly. Lutheran CORE will participate in and support faithful ELCA ministries, but, cannot support ELCA ministries that reject the authority of God’s Word.
