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Edina Lutheran church recites ‘sparkle creed,’ professes belief in ‘non-binary god’
AlphaNews ^ | June 28, 2023 | Hayley Feland

Posted on 06/28/2023 6:33:22 PM PDT by ConservativeInPA

“I believe in a non-binary god, whose pronouns are plural,” Pastor Anna Helgen said. “I believe in Jesus Christ, their child, who wore a fabulous tunic and had two dads.”

THE SPARKLE CREED Rev. Rachel Small Stokes

I believe in the non-binary God whose pronouns are plural.
I believe in Jesus Christ, their child, who wore a fabulous tunic and had two dads, and who saw everyone as a sibling child of God.
I believe in the rainbow Spirit, who shatters our image of one white light and refracts it into a rainbow of gorgeous diversity.
I believe in the church of everyday saints, as numerous, creative, and resilient as patches on the AIDS quilt, whose feet are grounded in mud and whose eyes gaze at the stars in Wonder.
I believe in the calling to each of us, that love is love is love, so beloved, let us love.
I believe, glorious God. Help my unbelief.

Amen

A Lutheran church in Edina stood for the reading of the “sparkle creed” during a church service, according to a livestream available on its YouTube page.

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TOPICS: General Discusssion; Theology; Worship
KEYWORDS: blasphemy; creed; lutheran; minnesota; sparkle; sparklers; worshippingculture
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How do they call this a Lutheran Church? When I was in college, my roommate was Lutheran. We alternated weeks at his church and mine. It was completely normal then.
1 posted on 06/28/2023 6:33:22 PM PDT by ConservativeInPA
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To: ConservativeInPA

A couple “Lutheran” denoms are extremely liberal. LC-MS and WELS are conservative and what you were used to seeing.


2 posted on 06/28/2023 6:37:39 PM PDT by Secret Agent Man (Gone Galt; not averse to Going Bronson.)
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To: ConservativeInPA

That is just staggering beyond belief. I wonder how many (or any) people left that church.


3 posted on 06/28/2023 6:40:34 PM PDT by ProtectOurFreedom (I don’t like to think before I say something...I want to be just as surprised as everyone else.)
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To: ConservativeInPA

They said “Amen”, shouldn’t have been “Anonbinaryperson”?


4 posted on 06/28/2023 6:40:55 PM PDT by DallasBiff (Apology not accepted.la is not the sharpest knife in the drawer)
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To: ConservativeInPA

Minnesota Nice goes to church....


5 posted on 06/28/2023 6:41:26 PM PDT by gundog (It was a bright cold day in April, and the clocks were striking thirteen. )
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To: Secret Agent Man

I think the church we went to was in the Missouri Synod. It was quite conservative.


6 posted on 06/28/2023 6:41:29 PM PDT by ConservativeInPA (Delay Trump’s trial, delay. Elect Trump President. Trump pardons himself.)
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To: ConservativeInPA

Instead of “Our Father” what do that say, “Our Whatever”?


7 posted on 06/28/2023 6:42:25 PM PDT by bigbob (Q)
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To: ConservativeInPA

It’s like reading an SNL parody.


8 posted on 06/28/2023 6:45:16 PM PDT by workerbee (==)
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To: ProtectOurFreedom

Good question! This so called church is full of heretics!


9 posted on 06/28/2023 6:47:40 PM PDT by No name given (Anonymous is who you’ll know me as)
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To: ConservativeInPA

I believe in one God,
the Father Almighty,
maker of heaven and earth,
and of all things visible and invisible; We believe in one God,
the Father, the Almighty,
maker of heaven and earth,
of all that is, seen and unseen. We believe in one God,
the Father, the Almighty,
maker of heaven and earth,
of all that is, seen and unseen.

And in one Lord Jesus Christ,
the only-begotten Son of God,
begotten of his Father before all worlds,
God of God, Light of Light,
very God of very God,
begotten, not made,
being of one substance with the Father;
by whom all things were made;
who for us men and for our salvation
came down from heaven,
and was incarnate by the Holy Ghost of the Virgin Mary,
and was made man;
and was crucified also for us under Pontius Pilate;
he suffered and was buried;
and the third day he rose again according to the Scriptures,
and ascended into heaven,
and sitteth on the right hand of the Father;
and he shall come again, with glory,
to judge both the quick and the dead;
whose kingdom shall have no end.
We believe in one Lord, Jesus Christ,
the only Son of God,
eternally begotten of the Father,
God from God, Light from Light,
true God from true God,
begotten, not made,
of one Being with the Father.
Through him all things were made.
For us and for our salvation
he came down from heaven:
by the power of the Holy Spirit
he became incarnate from the Virgin Mary,
and was made man.
For our sake he was crucified under Pontius Pilate;
he suffered death and was buried.
On the third day he rose again
in accordance with the Scriptures;
he ascended into heaven
and is seated at the right hand of the Father.
He will come again in glory to judge the living and the dead,
and his kingdom will have no end. We believe in one Lord, Jesus Christ,
the only Son of God,
eternally begotten of the Father,
God from God, Light from Light,
true God from true God,
begotten, not made,
of one Being with the Father;
through him all things were made.
For us and for our salvation
he came down from heaven,
was incarnate of the Holy Spirit and the Virgin Mary
and became truly human.
For our sake he was crucified under Pontius Pilate;
he suffered death and was buried.
On the third day he rose again
in accordance with the Scriptures;
he ascended into heaven
and is seated at the right hand of the Father.
He will come again in glory to judge the living and the dead,
and his kingdom will have no end.

And I believe in the Holy Ghost the Lord, and Giver of Life,
who proceedeth from the Father and the Son;
who with the Father and the Son together is worshiped
and glorified;
who spake by the Prophets.
And I believe one holy Catholic and Apostolic Church;
I acknowledge one Baptism for the remission of sins;
and I look for the resurrection of the dead,
and the life of the world to come. Amen.


10 posted on 06/28/2023 6:51:30 PM PDT by Raycpa
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To: ConservativeInPA

My LC-MS was too. We put the fun in FUNdamentalist extremism.


11 posted on 06/28/2023 6:51:43 PM PDT by desertsolitaire ( )
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To: ProtectOurFreedom
That is just staggering beyond belief. I wonder how many (or any) people left that church.

If they didn’t leave when the Church hired a female lesbian pastor, then they weren’t Christians. I suspect everyone in that congregation said that creed with PRIDE.

12 posted on 06/28/2023 6:57:41 PM PDT by P-Marlowe (I got the <ΙΧΘΥΣ>< variant. Catch it. John 3:16)
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To: ConservativeInPA

Why women need to be kept out of leadership roles in organizations


13 posted on 06/28/2023 7:02:19 PM PDT by Chickensoup (Genocide is here. Leftist extremists are spearheading the Genocide against conservatives. )
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To: ConservativeInPA

Ok then.

They believe God is non binary. And they say Jesus is a child of said God. Apparently it is offensive to call Jesus the son of God.

These people are not quite right in the head.


14 posted on 06/28/2023 7:13:19 PM PDT by Dilbert San Diego
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To: ProtectOurFreedom

BLASHEMY OF THE HOLY SPIRIT.


15 posted on 06/28/2023 7:39:54 PM PDT by cowboyusa (YESHUA IS KING OF AMERICA! AMERICA FIRST! DEATH TO MARXISM AND GLOBALISM! there is no coexistence wi)
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To: ConservativeInPA

Professes belief in magic gay fairies


16 posted on 06/28/2023 8:02:05 PM PDT by NWFree (Sigma male 🤪)
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To: Secret Agent Man

This must be one of the alcs church’s. They went woke with female pastors a while a gi


17 posted on 06/28/2023 8:02:33 PM PDT by markman46 (engage brain before using keyboard!!!)
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To: ConservativeInPA

Satan is smiling.


18 posted on 06/28/2023 8:16:30 PM PDT by beethovenfan (The REAL Great Reset will be when Jesus returns. )
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To: ConservativeInPA

It’s a demonic cult now. Not Christian whatsoever.


19 posted on 06/28/2023 8:49:48 PM PDT by fieldmarshaldj (America Owes Anita Bryant An Enormous Apology)
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To: markman46

ELCA probably


20 posted on 06/28/2023 8:51:16 PM PDT by Secret Agent Man (Gone Galt; not averse to Going Bronson.)
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