The Evangelil Lutheran Church Ameri on Friday approved a rolutn to allow gays and lbians same-sex relatnships to be ordaed.
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- LUTHERAN GAY AND LBIAN PASTORS ARE 'REAL PEOPLE'
- ELCA ASSEMBLY OPENS MISTRY TO PARTNERED GAY AND LBIAN LUTHERANS
- LARGT US LUTHERAN NOMATN ADDS GAY PRITS, WHILE BREAKAWAY GROUP PLANS NEW CHURCH
- LUTHERANS TO ALLOW PASTORS GAY RELATNSHIPS
- NETY-FIVE LUTHERANS E OUT DURG ELCA VOTE ON GAY PASTORS
LUTHERAN GAY AND LBIAN PASTORS ARE 'REAL PEOPLE'
The Evangelil Lutheran Church Ameri, wh approximately 5 ln members, has passed repeated rolutns to wele gay and lbian people sce 1991. * elca gay pastors *
MINNEAPOLIS -- Gay and lbian pastors are "real people wag to see if the church will provi help and hope. The event sought to provi an opportuny to learn about the ELCA policy that "practicg homosexual persons are preclud om the ordaed mistry of this church.
ELCA ASSEMBLY OPENS MISTRY TO PARTNERED GAY AND LBIAN LUTHERANS
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" The ELCA has removed two people om s clergy roster for beg "practicg homosexuals. Egertson told participants where the ELCA stands on a ntuum of Christian views on homosexualy -- "welg repentant homosexuals who vow to live celibate liv as the evince of repentance and allowg them to serve all learship rol so long as they rema celibate.
Egertson told the dience that bishops are bound by the church's nstutn to move toward disciple when a gay or lbian pastor reveals a relatnship, or they would face disciple themselv.
" He advot "providg lurgil blsgs for gay/lbian unns and permtg ngregatns to choose openly gay ordaed and lay misters who are sgle and celibate or upled a permanent, mted, monogamo and blsed venant. Let's not let the mistry gifts of gay and lbian people be isolated om the rt of the church and the world.
LARGT US LUTHERAN NOMATN ADDS GAY PRITS, WHILE BREAKAWAY GROUP PLANS NEW CHURCH
We don't know how many gay members and their fai have already left our church. " She lled upon "gay and lbian fahful Lutherans who are ordaed" to tell their stori.
LUTHERANS TO ALLOW PASTORS GAY RELATNSHIPS
What our gay and lbian brothers and sisters are askg of the church is somethg Christ has already done: abolish the law wh s mands and ordanc that the two -- heterosexual and homosexual -- n bee one, " said Schemmel. "The church still als wh all s pastors, and severely wh s gay and lbian pastors, on the basis of law, " said Schemmel.
Riehl, Universy of North Carola at Greensboro, prented a study she nducted wh 35 gay and lbian Lutheran pastors a program lled "Pulp Fictn.
NETY-FIVE LUTHERANS E OUT DURG ELCA VOTE ON GAY PASTORS
Lutherans Concerned is an ternatnal society of gay, lbian, bisexual and "non-gay" Christians dited to fosterg unrstandg, jtice and renciliatn. In 1991, the Churchwi Assembly passed a rolutn statg that, "Gay and lbian people, as dividuals created by God, are wele to participate fully the life of the ngregatns of the Evangelil Lutheran Church Ameri. church to gay and lbian pastors and other profsnal workers livg.