“Ahead of the growth initiatives, ELCA is first pointing Lutherans back to the Bible.
Tackling the issue of biblical literacy, the churchwide assembly adopted a five-year initiative, titled “Book of Faith: Lutherans Read the Bible,” to boost Scripture reading and studying throughout the denomination.
Hanson called on the church to become one that shows “growing evidence that [its] members are becoming fluent in the first language of our faith, the language of Scripture,” he said Wednesday, according to the ELCA News Service.”
*And how do they square this with pushing homosexuality?*
How can the ELCA point back to the Bible when they dont believe in it? ( i.e. gay unions, abortion ).
Need I say more?