Since the 1960s the UCC has shrunk more than any mainline denomination and for good reason. I passed this church today in the Twin Cities and it appears to be a merged church of two very liberal denominations, the United Church of Christ and Evangelical Lutheran Church in America. You can follow Pastor Brock on Facebook - here and Twitter - here.) (The following article was written by Rev. Our first allegiance is to Jesus, not to our friends nor to our denomination. I believe that time is now for Bible-believing Christians who are still in the ELCA and supporting it with their offering dollars and their presence. But sometimes Jesus says to leave and "shake the dust off your feet". I hear from people periodically who say they stay in their ELCA congregation because they have been members so long and they would have to leave their friends. At the installation of the ELCA's first transgender bishop, Bishop Eaton prayed to God as "Parent, Child and Holy Breath" and as "Rain, Estuary, and Sea". ELCA Presiding Bishop Elizabeth Eaton has made two gay pride videos and at the ELCA's Youth Gathering an 11-year-old boy who thinks he is a girl was put on stage to promote transgenderism to 31,000 Lutheran teens. One cannot say that the extremes of the below service are not shared by the ELCA's national leadership. This is the strange new world of the ELCA. "Sophia" is a feminine image for God that feminists use to worship the "Divine Feminine." Along the same line, God is referred to in the service as "The Divine Seamstress". The creed in this service states "I believe in Jesus Christ, Sophia, the Word". In the below worship service led by a transgender pastor of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America, this man who presents himself as woman says "The grace of Jesus the Christ, the love of God the Creator, and the communion of the queer-making Spirit be with you all."
(The following article was written by Rev. I am sad to say, I think these two bishops did that. Romans 1:32 talks about people who give “hearty approval” to sin. Today, Erdahl and Chilstrom stand before God to answer for denying the Bible which teaches “homosexuals will not inherit the Kingdom of God” (I Corinthians 6:9-11). Since 2009 the ELCA has ordained practicing homosexuals and transgender persons and many ELCA congregations now perform homosexual “weddings.” In May, the ELCA elected the world’s first transgender bishop.
Thus, I was grieved that Erdahl and Chilstrom promoted the acceptance of homosexual behavior in the Church. I have personally struggled with same sex attraction for most of my life, but for the sake of Christ and my eternal soul, I abstain. The book endorsed homosexual behavior in ‘loving, committed relationships” and also stated that “self-pleasuring” (masturbation) can be a gift from God. He and former head ELCA Bishop Herbert Chilstrom, who died last year, co-wrote a book entitled “Sexual Fulfillment: For Single and Married, Straight and Gay, Young and Old”. He and I were on opposite sides of moral issues back in the days when I was still in the ELCA. Paul Synod of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America, died this month. Bishop Lowell Erdahl, retired Bishop of the St.