ELCA resolution on ordained gay persons passes

Breaking:The ELCA Churchwide Assembly has voted on the third resolution about human sexuality and minsitry which reads

RESOLVED, that the ELCA commit itself to finding a way for people in such publicly accountable, lifelong, monogamous, same-gender relationships to serve as rostered leaders of this church.

It has passed: 559 to 451. A simple majority was required.

The video feed is here.

Father Jake and Lionel Deimel comment here and here.

Posted by Andrew Gerns on August 21, 2009 5:44 PM | |
Comments (2)

Thanks be to God. Now maybe my friend, who was one of many kicked out of Concordia Seminary a month shy of receiving his M.Div. in 1974 for questioning the Missouri Synod's far-right tilt, can finally be ordained.

Lutheran School of Theology in Chicago awarded M.Div.'s to those who were expelled, because the injustice was so obvious.

LC-MS continues to divide families today.

Posted by Josh Thomas [TypeKey Profile Page] | August 21, 2009 5:58 PM

I wonder what the Methodists think of this decision!

Posted by Michael Russell [TypeKey Profile Page] | August 21, 2009 6:18 PM

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