Ping
What? There was an ELCA Churchwide Assembly last month? Who knew?
If a tree falls in the forest, and there is no one there to hear it, does it really make a sound?
Nevertheless, it’s really LOUSY of the ELCA to make it harder for a parish to leave. It was also lousy for whoever did it to steal the Lutheran CORE signs.
If the ELCA thinks that just because it has the new regulations in place, the flight of members and money will slow down, they should think again. People will just leave—maybe this time some of them for the Orthodox Church. And some parishes that were built by members’ time, treasure, and talents over the decades—and NOT by ELCA bureaucrats—might just sue the ELCA if they want to leave with all their assets.