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Faiths Calling – Lutherans Call to Pass ENDA
Dear Partners in Ministry, ReconcilingWorks has partnered with the “Faiths Calling” project calling on Lutherans to act on the recent Churchwide Assembly memorial regarding the Employment Non-Discrimination Act (ENDA). We are mobilizing both ecumenically and inter-faithfully with other people of faith to call our Senators on September 17 and demand an end to...Continue reading→
ELCA calls for the Guarantee of Voting Rights for All Citizens
The ELCA Churchwide Assembly, met in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, passed a resolution calling for voting rights for all citizens to be guaranteed. The resolution was submitted by Kwame Pitts, Metropolitan Chicago Synod. Bishop Wayne Miller, Metropolitan Chicago Synod, spoke in favor of the resolution, saying that the Supreme Court decision to strike down portions of the...Continue reading→
Openly-gay, partnered Pastor Tita Valeriano Celebrant at Churchwide Assembly Worship Service
The Rev. Tita Valeriano, ordained Lutheran minister, pastor, mission developer, openly-gay, partnered, mother, member of the Extraordinary Lutheran Ministries’s Proclaim, presided as celebrant at the Friday worship service during the ELCA Churchwide Assembly. A graduate of the Pacific Lutheran Theological Seminary, Tita has served as a congregational pastor, as Secretary for Youth in Church and...Continue reading→

