Posted on 06/06/2021 4:23:52 PM PDT by Roman_War_Criminal
The Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA) has taken more steps in it's rapid decline into apostasy as it appointed the denominations first transgender bishop.
Megan Rohrer was elected on 8 May to lead the Sierra Pacific Synod of what is the largest Lutheran institution in the United States with 3.3 million baptized members and over 8,900 local congregations.
The newly elected bishop will oversee around 200 local congregations in Northern California and Northern Nevada in the next six years, starting in July.
It was also announced that the bishop-elect should be addressed with the pronouns "they/their".
Rohr was the first transgender person to be ordained by the ELCA in 2006 and now makes "history", the pro-LGBT group Extraordinary Lutheran Ministries said. "We anticipate the day when all queer ministry leaders will be called to ministry settings without hindrance or barrier and will be affirmed in their God-given calls".
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Yessir ! I’m a PROVERBS man myself !
Cheers!
So no biggie that they have now brought a fashionable eunuch on board. That's a minor detail not a final descent into anything new in particular.
I am just glad my parents are not alive to see this happening, my dad was on our church board and did all the ground maintainer it was a small church lot, and my mom was a sub secretary.
Same here. I feel badly, but I need to find another home, ya know?
Under 9k congregations now, wow. Was over 10k not long ago. I remember reading a few years ago that based on trends the ELCA will shrink past the LCMS in the early 2020s, looks like it’s still on track...
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