Cool stuff at the 2007 ELCA Churchwide assembly
Some nifty news releases from the ELCA Churchwide Assembly.
Book of Faith, Bible Study Initiative
Full Communion with the Moravian Church
Concern for Genocide in Darfur
Opposition of escalation of Iraq War
Support for World Hunger Appeal
Pondering Pastor blogged many of the events, his blog is a must read.
Also voting results are located at the assembly website.
I also debated whether to discuss the relatively controversial Landahl substitution concerning pastors in same gender relationships. On the one hand, its pretty newsworthy, on the other, it has the potential to be pretty polarizing. Even more so, that the news media seems to be confusing this as a change in standards, rather than interim guidance for Bishops.
Sadly though, depending upon how it comes across, it has the potential to cause significant division. This morning is going to be a tough one in some pulpits, thus prayer for our leaders and pastors is critical. No doubt much midnight oil is being burned rewritting sermons and in prayer as to what to say tomorrow.
Be encouraged and trust God
August 11th, 2007 at 11:56 pm
I’ve been deep in the blogosphere today, reading reactions to what happened on Navy Pier this week. Yours is the first reminding us that people will wake up to the headlines before heading to worship in the morning. Thanks for that and for your call to prayer. I don’t believe what happened in regards to LGBT issues was all the earthshaking. I was at the assembly and blogging at http://reclaimingthefword.com. But it’s being reported out that way. It’ll be interesting, to be sure.