Lutheranism

...North American Lutheranism." CORE will not join forces with the Milwaukee-based Wisconsin Evangelical Lutheran Synod (WELS) or the St. Louis-based Lutheran Church-Missouri Synod (LCMS) partly because neither ordains women. CORE allows...

In this article: Evangelical Lutheran Church in America, CORE, Lutherans, Lutheran Church, Anglican, Wisconsin Evangelical Lutheran Synod, and V. Gene Robinson

...Evangelical Lutheran Church in America became a real possibility Wednesday with the announcement by dissidents that they will have a new Lutheran denomination ready for launch by August. That marks a speed-up in plans by Lutherans who oppose...

In this article: Evangelical Lutheran Church in America, Lutherans, CORE, Minnesota, Department of Veterans Affairs, Star Tribune, and Gene Robinson

...conservative Anglican Church in North America, which claims 100,000 members. In addition to helping birth a new Lutheran church body, Lutheran CORE leaders said their organization would continue its recent move toward creating a...

In this article: Evangelical Lutheran Church in America, Lutheran, Episcopal Church, and September Convention

...have been true. He thought astrology had something to it, and his position on the religious quarrels of his own time was that all this Lutheranism could undermine the church and lead to atheism, substance abuse and the contemporary equivalent...

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...to Catholicism. Although Anglicans split with Rome when King Henry VIII was refused a marriage annulment, the 16th-century schism was, in fact, part of the Reformation that also saw the evolution of Lutheranism in Germanic countries.

In this article: Anglicanism, Roman Catholic Church, Vatican, Catholicism, Archbishop of Canterbury, Rome, Canada, and Infallibility

The last weekend in September was pivotal for Lutherans. Six weeks after the Evangelical Lutheran Church of America (ELCA) voted in Minneapolis to allow gays and lesbians in "life-long, monogamous, same gender relationships" to be ordained,...

In this article: ELCA, Episcopal Diocese of Virginia, Episcopal Church, Mark Hanson, and Indianapolis

Fortunately, coordinated efforts are underway to make that happen! All concerned Lutherans are invited to meet on Monday, Oct. 12th at St. Paul's Lutheran Church in Salisbury. This meeting will include reports from those who attended...

In this article: The Charlotte Observer, Evangelical Lutheran Church in America, Church of Christ, Salisbury, Episcopal Church, and Martin Luther

...terms. Just click on one of the related terms atop a news story and you'll get a page listing all the stories featuring that term. Lutherans put off decision on split for 1 year By KEN KUSMER, The Associated Press FISHERS, Ind.

In this article: Evangelical Lutheran Church in America, Indianapolis, Canada, United States, and Associated Press

FISHERS, Ind. (AP) - Conservative members of the nation's largest Lutheran denomination voted Saturday to spend the next 12 months deciding whether to split from the church after it liberalized its stance on gay clergy. About 1,200 people...

In this article: Evangelical Lutheran Church in America, Roman Catholic Church, Pennsylvania, God, and Mark Hanson

...Religion and Spirituality, Bibles, Sexual Identity The Associated Press FISHERS, Ind. - Conservative members of the nation's largest Lutheran denomination voted Saturday to spend 12 months deciding whether to split from the church...

In this article: Evangelical Lutheran Church in America, Pennsylvania, Roman Catholic Church, Indianapolis, and Indianapolis, Indiana