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  • Memorial templates for the 2007 synod assemblies

    We have had to make some further, small but very important changes to the templates for resolutions for synods to memorialize the churchwide assembly. The definitive set of memorial templates is below, and will be posted to the LC/NA website. Above each...

  • Trial of Pastor Bradley Schmeling - the verdict

    Surprise, complete and utter surprise. As I was heading to St John's and on the cell phone, I was told that the decision of the Hearing Committee was "very complicated," 14 pages long, and was none of the outcomes that we had thought possible, even remot...

  • ELCA disciplinary committee challenges church policy

    LC/NA RELEASE The Hearing Committee in the trial of Pastor Bradley Schmeling has announced its decision. In that decision, the Hearing Committee called upon the ELCA to change its policy prohibiting clergy from being in committed, same-gender relationsh...

  • Pastor Bradley Schmeling's letter to the congregation of St John's Lutheran Church

    Dearest Friends, The Discipline Hearing Committee reached a decision, but before you read the summary, I want to remind you of the Prayer of the Day for this past Sunday, a prayer that stands as prayer for the week. Most Holy God, the earth is filled wi...

  • Pastor Bradley Schmeling disciplinary committee challenges church policy

    In a decision made public today, the hearing committee in the disciplinary action against Pastor Bradley Schmeling overwhelmingly affirmed the ministry of Pastor Schmeling and challenged the validity of the policy precluding pastors in same-gender relatio...

  • The Institute for Progressive Christianity Winter Symposium

    The Institute for Progressive Christianity has sent us an announcement that we thought might be of interest to some of you. That announcement is reproduced below. The organizers of the symposium have told us that the session on gay marriage will be of p...

  • Kellogg family presentation on living in a transgender family

    LC/NA RELEASE The family of Lisbeth Kellogg, noted theologian and writer, will conduct a workshop on "Transgender Family Dynamics" and a caucus entitled "Family Experience" as part of the February 24th Translating Identity Conference (TIC) sponsored by t...