Showing posts with label gay lutherans. Show all posts
Showing posts with label gay lutherans. Show all posts

Saturday, August 11, 2007

News from ECLA (Evangelical Lutheran Church in America)

Reuters is reporting:
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Lutherans to allow pastors in gay relationships
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‘That is huge,’ says spokesman for 4.8 million-member church
CHICAGO - Clergy members who are in homosexual relationships will be able to serve as pastors, the largest U.S. Lutheran body said Saturday.The Evangelical Lutheran Church in America passed a resolution at its annual assembly urging bishops to refrain from disciplining pastors who are in “faithful committed same-gender relationships.”
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The resolution passed by a vote of 538-431.