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

A decision to ordain actively gay clergy has caused deep fissures in the nation’s largest Lutheran church group, with some traditional Lutherans saying they have been subjected to threats and retaliation as they consider breaking away. Several disaffected members of the EvangelicalLutheranChurch in America (ELCA) say the decision made at the church’s national convention in... Continue Reading

A growing number of churches are joining together against the ordination of a gay minister in Scotland. The Church of Scotland appointed Scott Rennie, a divorced father-of-one who lives with his homosexual partner, as minister of a church in Aberdeen in July. Now a group of like-minded congregations set up to oppose the move says... 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

Christian Newswire — An attempt to delete the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.)’s constitutional requirement that its officers practice “fidelity within the covenant of marriage between a man and a woman, or chastity in singleness” has been defeated. As of April 27, 2009, 89 of the denomination’s 173 local presbyteries had voted against the deletion, while only... Continue Reading

The theologically conservative Diocese of Fort Worth voted Nov. 15, 2008 to split from the liberal-leaning Episcopal Church, the fourth traditional diocese to do so in a long-running debate over the Bible, homosexual relationships and other issues. About 80 percent of clergy and parishioners in the Texas diocese supported the break in a series of... Continue Reading

The Layman Online reported that the 218th General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church (USA) on June 28, 2008 approved an overture that will send the fidelity-chastity ordination standard to the denomination’s presbyteries for another round  [Editors note: the original URL (link) referenced in this article is no longer valid, so the link has been removed.] of... Continue Reading