Our congregation has been told that the SD Synod will not allow any of the amendments we approved (similar to those on Lutheran CORE's website) in our congregation's constitution.
I just got off the phone with Ruth Hamilton in the ELCA Office of the Secretary. She said that the ELCA will not allow any of the items we approved: 1. The Common Confession; 2. The V & E statement on marriage; 3. a statement of membership in Lutheran CORE in any congregational governing documents -- not constitution, not bylaws, not continuing resolutions. She also said that the ELCA will not allow congregations to be members of Lutheran CORE.
She said the Conference of Bishops will be meeting soon to discuss what to do with congregations that have joined Lutheran CORE.
For my congregation, telling them they won't let us do this will be a last straw. We've been trying to wait for our synod assembly -- looking for permission to stay in the ELCA. But this hard line is going to make this very hard for us.
David
Pastor David Baer
Immanuel Lutheran Church
Whitewood, SD
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