ELCA VP addresses dissatisfaction with Churchwide Assembly decisions
In a letter to members of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA), the vice president of the denomination discussed issues that some have had with the decisions regarding sexuality that the...
View ArticleCovering the ELCA Eastern North Dakota Synod Assembly this weekend
The Eastern North Dakota Synod of the Evanagelical Lutheran Church in America is meeting this weekend in Jamestown. The sexuality issues that have been at the center of recent ELCA headlines will be...
View ArticleHomosexuality issue back on the table at the ELCA Eastern North Dakota Synod...
The Eastern North Dakota Synod of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America will consider a resolution this weekend that would call the ELCA to reverse last August’s decision to allow individuals in...
View ArticleMore than 475 register for Eastern North Dakota ELCA Assembly
As of Saturday morning 478 people had registered for this weekend’s Evangelical Lutheran Church in America’s Eastern North Dakota Synod Assembly in Jamestown. Of those, 422 were voting members. There...
View ArticleOne table quickly catches vision for "extra mile"
Bishop Bill Rindy challenged people in his synod to go the “Extra Mile for Missions,” and Rev. Kathy Brown along with the seven others at her table were quick to respond. Rindy issued the challenged...
View ArticleHuman sexuality resolution under consideration
The synod assembly is considering a motion that would call on the ELCA denomination to remove or revise the human sexuality social statement the ELCA passed in August. Critics have seen that document...
View ArticleSynod assembly votes against human sexuality resolution
The Eastern North Dakota Synod of the nation’s largest Lutheran body voted against a resolution calling for the church to remove or revise a controversial social statement on human sexuality. Voting...
View ArticleEastern N.D. Synod to consider gay clergy resolution today
The Eastern North Dakota Synod of the ELCA will take up the issue of sexuality once again today, as the synod assembly considers a resolution calling the denomination to reverse its August decision to...
View ArticleEastern N.D. Synod Assembly discussing gay clergy resolution; could call for...
The Eastern North Dakota Synod is, again, taking up the issue of homosexuality and the clergy at its annual assembly this morning. Voting members are discussing a resolution that would call on the...
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Star-Tribune: Three lesbian pastors from Twin Cities welcomed as ELCA clergy
“Three pastors from the Twin Cities who are lesbians in committed relationships were embraced Saturday as Evangelical Lutheran Church in America pastors. The Reverends Anita Hill, Ruth Frost and...
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