for Holy Mother Rome or Constantinople? Probably not.
Bishop Elaine Sauer and I were part of a group of about 20 women bishops and presidents of Lutheran churches from around the world. This group brought to the attention of the LWF Council and the whole gathered assembly the fact that, of 140 LWF member churches, 39 still do not ordain both women and men. In some those that do, ordained women are not permitted to provide full ministry according to their call. We called for the Council to hold the General Secretariat accountable to the LWF’s long-standing commitment for full and equal participation by women in LWF committees, boards, interconfessional consultations, and in the various ranks of staff positions.
There is some good news from the LWF, as Bishop Cindy revealed.
