Posted on 08/24/2009 1:48:04 PM PDT by Pope Pius XII
On Friday, the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA) voted in favor of allowing practicing homosexuals, in committed relationships, to hold positions of authority within the sect.
By a vote of 559 to 451 at last week's national convention, representatives of the largest Lutheran denomination in the United States decided "to open the ministry of the church to gay and lesbian pastors and other professional workers living in committed relationships."
"The actions here change the church's policy, which previously allowed gays and lesbians into the ordained ministry only if they remained celibate," ELCA information director John Brook told AFP.
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Yeah, as long as they are committed sodomites, it is OK.
And once again, man believes he knows better than God
They’re done as a Church,just a social club now.(And a pretty sick one at that)
I know the man upstairs won't.
Father John Corapi said that we need to stop using the passage “don’t judge lest ye be judged” cause it’s a bad translation of the bible.
As someone in our Sunday Bible Class pointed out, this is the first time that a church is requiring that the sinners remain in their sin.
Yep, more from people who think they know better. Luther was against homosexuality if I’m not mistaken.
But, they do have the best dance music, and everyone knows ALL of the show tunes.
homo memo
next stop for infiltrating baptist church.
please all homos’ go to those churches, join them and get the flock to like you, once they trust you tell them you are a homosexual but you just want to love who you want and want to be left alone.
Then make sure they never see you kissing or touching the same sex and do not what so ever let them see you on a freak parade
Once they are fooled they will tell others how they know you and how you are nice.They then will come to our side in their ignorance to our agenda.
once this happens we are ready to make our next move and destroy them from within
once completed we will work on another target .
do not worry though we have others making inroads in local Govt, schools and various work companies.
Time to wake up and stop this madness or they will do the above and once hey have they have won
Under ECLA leadership one could justify adultery if one wants to interpret Scripture that way. In the Lutheran church you can now bring a black marker to church and simply blacken-out any parts of the Bible you don’t agree with.
the lutheran church is definetly not a true religion and it amazes me the idiots out there that have no clue what the bible says pretty sad
Technically all they did was drop the requirement for priestly celibacy at this meeting which I find more than a little bit ironic.
Not all Lutherans are ELCA.
Say bye!
That's the good news!
The next targets:
Lutheran Church, Missouri Synod
The United Methodist Church
The American Baptists
They won't come for the Catholics or the Southern Baptists or even the LDS any time soon, but rest assured, they WILL come. And when they do, they will be armed with freshly-minted "hate speech" laws and the power to lock doors, empty bank accounts and imprison both ministers an laymen. Persecution is coming folks. And it is wearing shocking pink.
I just hope that more wake up to what the elft and the homosexuals are doing
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