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Lutherans Concerned / North America) started the Reconciling in Christ (“RIC”) Program to recognize Lutheran congregations that welcome lesbian and gay. The Evangelical Lutheran Church in America, with approximately 5 million members, has passed repeated resolutions to welcome gay and lesbian people since. Association of Free Lutheran Congregations, , Houston, TX. Association of County Correctional Human Service The Association of Gay and Lesbian.

 · 3/17/ AM. ANN ARBOR, Mich. (ELCA) -- The role of gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender Lutherans in the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America was the topic of discussion when Lutheran Campus Ministry hosted "The Gifts We Offer, The Burdens We Bear: The Vocation and Ministry of Gay and Lesbian Persons in Church and Society," at the . Today is the end of the Line for the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America’s “Journey Together Faithfully.” They vote on the second of two big issues in human sexuality and the one that the media deems so important, gay clergy. You can expect headlines and pictures of people in tears. THIS obedience is the story of Pastor Anita C. Hill, the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America, and an issue that is at the heart of LGBT (Lesbian Gay Bisexual Transgender) oppression in the United States. The Rev. Anita C. Hill was ordained in April in an act of "ecclesiastical disobedience". The Bible is crammed with prediction especially in the Old Testament.

Today is the end of the Line for the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America’s “Journey Together Faithfully.” They vote on the second of two big issues in human sexuality and the one that the media deems so important, gay clergy. You can expect headlines and pictures of people in tears. There are a number of conservative Lutheran denominations in the United States, such as the Lutheran Church – Missouri Synod, American Association of Lutheran Churches, Association of Free. Of the three leading Lutheran organizations operating in the United States, the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA) is considered the most welcoming and inclusive of LGBTQ members. Formed in with the merger of three smaller Lutheran organizations, the ELCA is based in Chicago and encompasses nearly 10, congregations and more than million members across the country.

Mahan, lead pastor at St. Timothy in Charleston, W. For Hill, the openly gay lead pastor at St. Paul-Reformation in St.