| August, 2009 |
Mark Chavez |
Lutheran CORE leaders renounce ELCA decision to endorse gay marriage and to allow pastors to be in same-sex relationships - News Release |
| August, 2009 |
Archbishop Wilton Gregory |
Statement to the Churchwide Assembly of the ELCA |
| August, 2009 |
Carl E. Braaten |
An Open Letter to Bishop Herbert W. Chilstrom |
| August, 2009 |
Ryan Schwarz |
An address was given to the ELCA Churchwide Assembly by Ryan Schwarz as a part of the election process for Vice President of the ELCA on August 22, 2009. |
| June, 2009 |
Carl E. Braaten |
Three Talks (First Talk) at Calvary Lutheran Church Edmonton, Alberta, Canada |
| June, 2009 |
Carl E. Braaten |
Second Talk - What Dragons Are We Confronting Today? Or, Challenges We Face as Confessional Lutherans |
| June, 2009 |
Carl E. Braaten |
Third Talk, In Statu Confessionis? Or, Is It Time To Declare A State Of Confessional Protest? |
| May, 2009 |
Mark Chavez |
News Release - Prominent Lutheran theologians and church leaders affirm biblical teaching on sexuality and call for defeat of ELCA sexuality proposals |
| April, 2009 |
Robert Benne |
The Statement and Recommendations of the Sexuality Task Force have been released, and they are as disappointing as I expected them to be, though the statement itself is much improved in some ways. It moves closer to the Lutheran way of doing Christian ethics as well as to the church’s rich understanding of the centrality of marriage. . . More |
| March, 2009 |
Mark C. Chavez |
ELCA Church Council rejects pleas for 2/3 majority - In spite of requests from 15 ELCA synods and a significant majority of ELCA bishops asking for a two-thirds majority vote, the ELCA Church Council voted to stick with its November decision to . . . More |
| March, 2009 |
Lutheran CORE Steering Committee |
A letter to ELCA leadership outlining Lutheran CORE's vision and plans for the future |
| February, 2009 |
Mark Chavez |
News Release - Lutheran task force proposals affirming same-sex relationships reject Bible’s teaching and views of majority of members |
| October, 2008 |
Carl E. Braaten |
A presentation to a Lutheran CORE meeting in the Grand Canyon Synod, Theological Issues Challenging the ELCA. |
| July, 2008 |
LCORE Steering Committee, et al |
An Open Letter to the Task Force for ELCA Studies on Sexuality and the ELCA Church Council and Conference of Bishops |
| June, 2008 |
The Rev. J. Jeffrey Zetto, Th. D., Pastor |
Personal Reflections on and Recommendations Regarding "Draft Social Statement on Human Sexuality." |
| May, 2008 |
Rev. Dr. Stephen Hultgren |
I write in response to the Task Force’s Draft Social Statement on Human Sexuality of March, 2008. I am also sending this letter to the bishops of the church in order to assist them in leading theological deliberation on the document. |
| May, 2008 |
Carl E. Braaten |
A Critique of the “Draft Social Statement on Human Sexuality” Prepared by the Task Force for ELCA Studies on Sexuality, Church in Society Evangelical Lutheran Church in America |
| March, 2008 |
Rev. Dr. Stephen Hultgren |
Some Critical Observations on the Use of Scripture in the ELCA “Draft Social Statement on Human Sexuality” |
| August, 2008 |
Paull Spring |
A year from now the churchwide assembly of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America will meet in Minneapolis. At this assembly our church will take action on a social statement on sexuality, as well as consider yet again recommendations on the ordination of actively gay and lesbian persons. . . More. |
| March, 2008 |
Lutheran CORE |
Recent Actions by Other Protestant Denominations |
| March, 2008 |
Mark Chavez |
News Release - Lutheran CORE leaders respond to release of draft ELCA sexuality statement |
| July, 2007 |
Bishop Emeritus George Paul Mocko |
Open Letter to Bishop Hanson - All my life I have been proud to call myself a Lutheran. Given my Hussite roots, I have quipped that I was a Lutheran a hundred years before Luther. That pride is not what it was, as I feel it breaking down before feelings of betrayal and alienation. |
| July, 2007 |
Paull Spring |
Open Letter to Bishop Hanson from Former Bishop Paull Spring Re: Bishop Payne's presiding at Communion Service in Chicago |
| April, 2007 |
Lutheran CORE Steering Committee |
A Lutheran Statement on the Authority and Interpretation of Scripture In the Church |
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Pastor Gary Jepsen |
A Layman’s Guide to Quantum Physics the Use of Reason: Insights into what Luther Saw as the Proper Role for Reason in Christian Deliberation |
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Carl E. Braaten |
“Human Sexuality: Gift and Trust” A proposed social statement from the Task Force for ELCA Studies on Sexuality |
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Three past presidents of Mekane Yesus |
Statement of three Presidents Emeritus of the Ethiopian Evangelical Church Mekane Yesus regarding human sexuality decisions made by the ELCA Churchwide Assembly in Minneapolis |
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Lutheran CORE |
Keeping Faith - From its earliest days, in reliance on the clear teaching of Scripture, the Christian Church has taught that human sexuality is a precious gift to be enjoyed exclusively within the marriage bond. |
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Lutheran CORE |
Some Questions and Answers about the ELCA Sexuality Discussions |
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Lutheran CORE |
An Open Letter on Synodical Option to the Task Force for ELCA Studies on Sexuality and the ELCA Church Council and Conference of Bishops |
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James Arne Nestingen |
The Way Out: Suggestions for those Left by the ELCA |
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