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ELCA NEWS SERVICE

August 19, 2009

ELCA Assembly Adopts 'Human Sexuality: Gift and Trust'
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MINNEAPOLIS (ELCA) -- The 2009 Churchwide Assembly of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA) adopted "Human Sexuality: Gift and Trust" with a vote of 676 (66.67 percent) to 338 (33.33 percent). The passing of the social statement on human sexuality required
a two-thirds vote.

The churchwide assembly, the chief legislative authority of the ELCA, is meeting here Aug. 17-23 at the Minneapolis Convention Center. About 2,000 people are participating, including 1,045 ELCA voting members. The theme for the biennial assembly is "God's work. Our hands."

Human Sexuality: Gift and Trust is the denomination's 10th social statement. Social statements assist Lutherans in their moral deliberation, govern the ELCA's institutional policies and guide the church's advocacy work. The statement addresses a spectrum of topics relevant to human sexuality from a Lutheran perspective.

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GJ - If you feel compelled to read the statement, here is the link to all the pre-convention material on the topic.

ELCA is meeting in Minneapolis, in the People's Republic of Minnesota. Awesome coverage is linked here.

ELCA To Rewrite the Scriptures - Again

Thousands have voted already - with their feet.
ELCA lost a $40 million lawsuit because of one of their ordinands, a known predator before ELCA displayed its diversity.

ELCA NEWS SERVICE
August 18, 2009

ELCA Assembly Begins Work on "Human Sexuality: Gift and Trust"
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MINNEAPOLIS (ELCA) -- "Human Sexuality: Gift and Trust" -- a proposed social statement on human sexuality -- was formally introduced to the 1,045 voting members of the 2009 Churchwide Assembly of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA) Aug. 18.

The Rev. Peter Strommen introduced the statement which, if approved by the assembly, will become the 10th social statement of the ELCA. Strommen chairs the Task Force for the ELCA Studies on Sexuality, which developed the proposed document under the directive of the 2001 ELCA Churchwide Assembly.

The churchwide assembly, the chief legislative authority of the ELCA, is meeting here Aug. 17-23 at the Minneapolis Convention Center. About 2,000 people are participating, including voting members. The theme for the biennial assembly is "God's work. Our hands."

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GJ - The rest of the story is too boring to copy. The ELCA bishop is pretending to be hands-off on the agenda, "trusting the process," but the process is predetermined by how delegates are filtered.