Lutherans to Allow Sexually Active Gays As Clergy
Leaders of the nation’s largest Lutheran church voted Friday to allow sexually active gays and lesbians in committed relationships to serve as clergy. Gays and lesbians are currently allowed to serve as ministers in the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America only if they remain celibate. The proposal to change that passed with 68 percent approval.
At 4.7 million members and about 10,000 congregations in the United States, the ELCA is one of the largest U.S. Christian denominations yet to take a more gay-friendly stance on clergy.
The final decision on whether to hire gay clergy in committed relationships will lie with individual congregations.
Some critics of the proposal have predicted its passage could cause individual congregations to split off from the ELCA, as has been the case with other Christian denominations, including the Episcopal Church.
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ALL THE LUTHRAN CHURCHES AND OTHER DENOMINATIONS THAT ARE PRATICING SIN IN THEIR CHURCHES LIKE LESBIAN AND HOMOSEXUAL CLERGY. YOUR CHURCHES ARE CURSED WITH SATANIC FORCES. GET BACK TO THE TEACHINGS FROM JESUS. NOT MAN. THESE ARE ABOMINATIONS TO THE HOLY FATHER GOD. YOU NEED TO READ YOUR BIBLE BETTER. THE PENALTY FOR HOMOSEXUAL ACTS IS DEATH TO BOTH PARTIES. THEY HAVE COMMITTED A DETESTABLE ACT AND ARE GUILTY OF A CAPITAL OFFENSE. LEVITICUS 20 :13 ARE YOU WILLING TO PLEASE GOD OR YOUR SINFUL NATURE? CHURCHES MUST GET BACK TO HOLINESS.GOD IS HOLY SO MUST GODS PEOPLE DO THE SAME.