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Post-CWA Related Issues
Read: Lutheran CORE's Post-2009 Churchwide Assembly talking points.
Read: Theological Implications of the 2009 ELCA Decisions, commissioned and approved by Dr. Gerald B. Kieschnick, President, The Lutheran Church—Missouri Synod. Also available for download in PDF format.
Read Paull Spring's letter to Lutheran CORE members and supporters, which addresses the decisions of the 2009 ELCA Churchwide Assembly.
Read Lutheran CORE leaders renounce ELCA decision to endorse gay marriage and to allow pastors to be in same-sex relationships. Read the news release or the newsletter which could be copied for use in congregations.
Read James Nestingen's analysis of the ELCA Churchwide Assembly's decisions, "Joining the Unchurched".
Read Carl Braaten's analysis of the ELCA Churchwide Assembly
Read Mark Chavez' commentary on the churchwide assembly - 'Ears to hear'?
Read Robert Benne's review of the ELCA Churchwide Assembly from Christianity Today magazine: "How the ELCA Left the Great Tradition for Liberal Protestantism."
Statement from President Gerald Kieschnick of the Lutheran Church—Missouri Synod in response to the actions of the ELCA Churchwide Assembly. Read also President Kieschnick's address to the ELCA Churchwide Assembly.
Read Statement of three Presidents Emeritus of the Ethiopian Evangelical Church Mekane Yesus regarding human sexuality decisions made by the ELCA Churchwide Assembly.
For more on the impact of the 2009 ELCA churchwide assembly, read Robert Benne's analysis (available in PDF format). Also, read Discernment in 1 Samuel 14—Urim, Thummim and the Voice of the People by Pastor R. W. Dahlen (also available in PDF format).
Redirecting Benevolences Can Be a Time for Growth in Mission - A Process for Making Decisions on Congregational Benevolence Giving. Read as web page or download in PDF format.
EDUCATION— “A Teaching Statement on Faithful Stewardship and the Redirection of Congregational Benevolence,” by the Rev. Steven King, Education Director – WordAlone Network, October 2009. This two-sided reproducible sheet addresses the basic definition of stewardship and our calling from God to make responsible decisions in the use of the resources God has entrusted to us.
Read Pr. Steven King's article, "Everything I Learned About the Redirection of Financial Support, I learned from the ELCA." You may also download this paper in PDF format.
Please read: "A Presbyterian in Lutheranland" by Peggy Hedden.
Read the Position statement of the African National Ministries of the ELCA on the 2009 Churchwide Assembly’s sexuality decisions. Also read responses from the Oromo Evangelical Lutheran Churches, from Hispanic Pastors in the Florida-Bahamas Synod, Chinese pastors, and from three President Emeriti of the Ethiopian Evangelical Church.