March "CORE Connection"

CORE Connection - News from Lutheran CORE – March 2010 is now available.

Here is what you can read in this month’s newsletter:

+ Reconfiguration proposal receiving positive responses.
Proposal recommends new Lutheran church and continuation of Lutheran CORE.

+ Synod won’t let Florida congregation leave ELCA
In spite of two unanimous votes to leave ELCA, Synod Council refuses to let them go.

+ “Charitable Behavior” by Pastor Mark C. Chavez.

+ “Seeking New Directions for Lutheranism” is the theme of Lutheran CORE theological conference.

+ “I Think I Finally Get It” by By Pastor Erma Wolf.

+ LCMC, WordAlone Network to host events in April.

+ ELCA churchwide funding reaches “historic low.”

+ Conference asks that Lutheran CORE members be prohibited from holding offices in NE Iowa Synod.

+ ELCA releases draft of revised standards for pastors.

+ Bishops moving quickly to receive persons in same-sex relationships ordained in defiance of ELCA standards; Synod has already approved prominent proponent of changing ELCA teaching.

+ ELCA Board of Pensions approves benefits for same-sex couples; ELCA council to act in April.