The Church is still discerning. ReconcilingWorks is still speaking. 🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️
ReconcilingWorks has released a new Pastoral Letter on the ongoing work of the ELCA Task Force and revisions to the Human Sexuality Social Statement.
For more than 50 years, ReconcilingWorks has advocated for the acceptance, full participation, and liberation of people of all sexual orientations, gender identities, and gender expressions within the Lutheran Church.
That commitment remains steadfast.
As the ELCA continues discerning revisions to Human Sexuality: Gift and Trust, we believe this is an important moment to ask:
- Does our language reflect the expansive diversity of God’s creation?
- Are we creating space for the fullness and complexity of human relationships and families?
- Do our policies and theology uphold the dignity of people of all sexual orientations, gender identities, and gender expressions?
- Are we moving the Church toward liberation—or maintaining systems that allow discrimination and exclusion?
Our new Pastoral Letter shares ReconcilingWorks’ theological grounding, concerns, hopes, and recommendations as this important work continues.
We envision a Church where LGBTQIA+ people never have to question whether they belong.
A Church where every family is valued.
A Church where love is celebrated with equal dignity and joy.
A Church where every person hears God’s liberating promise:
You are beloved.
You are seen.
You belong.
📖 Read the full Pastoral Letter on the ReconcilingWorks website (scroll down to ELCA Churchwide Engagement) or download a PDF.
💬 Reflect on it with your congregation and community.
📣 Share it with others.
📝 And make your voice heard as the ELCA continues this important process of discernment.
Together, may we continue working toward a Church of deeper faithfulness, greater justice, and more expansive love.
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