I can only say that “Lutheran Immigration and Refugee Service” has THANKFULLY changed their name to “Global Refuge”, thereby negating any connection to any name implying they are “Lutheran”.
[Note, both are listed in bitt’s post; a redundancy]
They are still a recognized organization of the ELCA.
ELCA stands for:
Evil
Lesbian
Communists of
America
The ELCA, a pseudo-religious cult, has named itself a “sanctuary church”.
When I was recently out of HS, a family member got the idea that I should attend one of the ELCA-affiliated colleges in Iowa. I didn't have the heart to tell her - and she wouldn't have believed it anyway - that both of the ones he mentioned were notorious for drunken debauchery and "sure thing" coeds out to help with the wild oat sowing.
About 25 years later a peripheral family member ended up at one of these institutions... and when I jokingly asked how he was doing with the ladies, he said, "Not too good; they're mostly lesbians or bisexuals, and half of them are practicing witchcraft."
I learned this about ELCA a while ago and sought out a LCMS church. Unfortunately, I found that they were very suspicious of a single middle-aged female in their midst. I can see it was justified, but still. Didn’t feel welcomed there.