HARVEY, ND – The congregation of the First Lutheran Church of Harvey, ND, has cast the first of two votes to split from the EvangelicalLutheranChurch in America. Two-thirds of the congregation voted in favor of the split last month. The congregation must wait 90 days before the second and final vote. The proposed split follows... Continue Reading

Lutheran CORE leaders renounce ELCA ‘same sex relationship’ decision and call for meeting to plan separation. Leaders of Lutheran CORE (Coalition for Reform) expressed both great distress and firm resolve over the decision by the Churchwide Assembly of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America to endorse gay marriage and to change its standards to allow... Continue Reading

MINNEAPOLIS – (AP) Even though the Rev. Mark Chavez believes the leaders of his church made a decision in direct contradiction of the Bible by lifting a ban on sexually active, monogamous gays and lesbians as clergy, he said he’s staying with the Evangelical Lutheran Church of America. “I’m not leaving,” Chavez said Friday night,... Continue Reading