Elvis Has Left the Building:So Has Community of Joy, Glendale, Arizona

I tried to kelm the Community of Joy blog, about the vote to leave ELCA, but they make that very difficult.

Here is the link.

I phoned Parlow for some tips because Kelm was busy working on his resume. Here are the introductory paragraphs, which I was able to copy after all - thanks guys:

The Results Are In!

Dear Family and Friends of Joy,

I am eager to share some good news with you. On Sunday afternoon, June 28, a victory for the ultimate authority of God's Word was enthusiastically and overwhelmingly supported by God's people who participated in our congregational gathering. A defining Bible verse for what God did is recorded in Romans 8:37: "No, despite all these things, overwhelming victory is ours through Christ who loved us."

The result of the vote to end our affiliation with the ELCA was 174 in favor and 11 opposed. Imagine, 94% of those present were eager to move into relationships and partnerships that are more aligned with Joy's vision, values and mission. This is a significant step into a future filled with unlimited opportunities to experience God's blessings of obedience and righteousness.

Three other major decisions were made. Joy committed to enter into a relationship with a spirit-filled Lutheran association known as the LCMC (Lutheran Congregations in Mission for Christ) by a 98% margin. This part of the Body of Christ is very closely aligned with Joy's vision, values and mission.

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Get ready...the best is yet to be!
With joy and enthusiasm,
Pastor Walt

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GJ - For years the LCMC has been gathering strength by taking out the biggest ELCA churches, a statistic mentioned obliquely in ELCA statistical reporting.

Read their website and note the photos being displayed.

ELCA has done exactly what the United Methodists did. By driving out the conservatives, the remaining membership becomes even more buoyant (pun intended) and reaches ever greater heights of euphoric Leftism. "No one can stop us now."

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"These are the last days of a mad, old world." - Martin Chemnitz

The Martins has left a new comment on your post "ELCA Approves Homosexual and Lesbian Partners in t...":

Bless you sir,After searching out ELCA recent rulings,I find your Blog and am blessed and encouraged.The Truth must be spoken and I find that in this place!!!

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GJ - Opinions about this blog vary, but I am glad for support of traditional Christianity wherever I find it.

Mainline Leaders Desert Obamessiah During His Giant Conference Call To Promote Cuban Health Care in America

American Spectator

As is frequently noted, mainline Protestant denominations -- the prominent ones being the United Church of Christ, the Disciples of Christ, United Methodists, Evangelical Lutheran Church in America, Presbyterian (USA) and the Episcopal Church -- may be losing their once dominant status, but they are still filled to the brim with aging middle and upper class white seniors. Precisely the kind of people who have been in the headlines for showing up in a fury at all these healthcare town hall meetings with members of Congress.

Which may explain a curious point. Of the 16 people who participated on the phone call with President Obama only one -- Dr. Sharon Watkins, the General Minister and President of the Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) -- was the head of one of these major denominations. The heads of the Methodists, Presbyterians, Episcopalians, Evangelical Lutherans and United Church of Christ were either not invited or declined an invitation to speak. They did allow the names of their denominations to be listed as a "call sponsor" -- but there was literally no voice to be heard from people who are never shy about this sort of thing.

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GJ - I noticed ELCA was mentioned above. Presiding Bishop Hanson has political commentary on everything, always consistently from the far Left perspective. Cuban Health Care is an ideal soapbox for him, except his members are also the very ones doomed by Obamessiah.