The ELCA has a close relationship with the Evangelical Lutheran Church of Jordan.
There ARE many Christians in the hostile lands who struggle to keep, practice, and share their faith despite the hosility of militant Islam.
>> There ARE many Christians in the hostile lands who struggle to keep, practice, and share their faith despite the hosility of militant Islam.
Yes, and GOD bless those who truly contend for the faith as per Jude.
The ELCA, however, does not practice Christianity. They are friends with the world first and foremost — and you know what James had to say about that.
These “Lutherans” in Bethlehem seem to be cut from that same cloth.