Elca bible12/11/2023 ![]() ![]() Any church anchored, even a little, in its own wisdom will always drift towards apostasy. Why? When you disregard the clear teaching of God’s Word in one area, it is that much easier to do it in others. With such declarations, God’s biblical truth is softened and reshaped into more agreeable forms, and this leads to other liberal ideas including the support of homosexual clergy. “We need to be more progressive and inclusive,” say others. “But these are antiquated ideas,” they say. 3:2-4 Titus 1:5-6) and that women are not to be in positions of authority in the church (1 Tim. For example, the ELCA’s progressive theology permits women elders and pastors, in spite of God telling us that elder/pastors are to be male (1 Tim. The result is not a church that converts the world, but the world that converts the church.Īpostasy in the church often begins with the best of intentions, usually under the banner of tolerance. This opening salvo hurled against the clarity and precision of God’s Word led to the Fall and to all subsequent heresies that use human feelings and reasoning to make truth more palatable to society. It listens to the secularists and lifts political correctness to idolatrous levels, then bows down before it in empty piousness, misleading sensitivities, and in arrogant defiance of God’s truth.Īpostasy began in the Garden of Eden when the devil first cast doubt upon truth when he said, “Did God really say. ![]() It has listened to the seductive call of secular morality and is now fornicating with its deceitful philosophies. (Adopted 559-451) Resolution 4…eliminated the prohibition of rostered service by members in publicly accountable, lifelong, monogamous same-gender relationships.” which is in clear violation of the Word of God (Lev. Hanson, August 22, 2009… Our assembly also adopted resolutions proposed by the Church Council based on those contained in a “Report and Recommendation on Ministry Policies.” The actions direct that changes be made to churchwide policy documents to make it possible for those in committed same-gender relationships to serve as rostered leaders in the ELCA…Resolution 2: RESOLVED, that the ELCA commit itself to finding a way for people in such publicly accountable, lifelong, monogamous, same-gender relationships to serve as rostered leaders of this church. The ELCA (Evangelical Lutheran Church in America) has now officially approved of homosexual clergy, 1 From “A Message to Rostered Leaders from Presiding Bishop Mark S. ![]()
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