The ELCA, facing budget shortfalls, is forced to restructure it's churchwide organization. But the restructuring is flawed with misplaced priorities and a failure to address the real structural problem it faces.[...]
Posts Tagged ‘ELCA’
March 8th, 2010 - 1:34 am § in Theology
The Proper Place of the Law: What of Antinomianism?
In the debates over human sexuality and the related discussions, the charge is frequently made by conservatives and traditionalists that the ELCA has drifted into antinomianism (rejecting the law). That charge has been unsurprisingly leveled once again by Robert Benne in the winter 2009 edition of L[...]
February 18th, 2010 - 10:05 pm § in Church
Reconfiguration of Lutheranism. Really?
Today the conservative, traditionalist, and dissident group Lutheran CORE released it’s vision for what the group’s press release called “the reconfiguration of Lutheranism in North America.” It calls for the establishment of a new church body with the suggested name of the[...]
January 11th, 2010 - 5:46 pm § in Church
The ELCA’s Late Entry on Ugandan Anti-gay Law
By now you may have heard something about the anti-gay bill that’s been introduced into the parliament of Uganda. It offers severe penalties for the offense of “homosexuality,” up to and including death. For background on the bill, you might look here and here, and extensive covera[...]
November 23rd, 2009 - 11:24 pm § in Church
Setting Aside Good Order in the ELCA?
Life in the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA) these days is anything put peaceful and easy. Since the Churchwide Assembly in August passed a social statement on human sexuality (here, PDF) and resolutions to allow gay and lesbian individuals who are committed and monogamous same-sex rela[...]