Lutheran church and gay marriage

Ordination and Marriage: Within the Lutheran Church in the United States, there have been significant developments regarding the ordination of LGBTQ+ clergy and the recognition of same-sex marriages. The Evangelical Lutheran Church in America, the largest Lutheran church body in the United States, allows for LGBTQ+ marriage and ordination of LGBTQ+ clergy.

ELCA policy states that LGBTQ+ individuals are welcome and encouraged to become members and to participate in the life of the congregation. Many of the largest U.S. religious institutions have remained firmly against allowing same-sex marriage, including the Roman Catholic Church, the Orthodox Jewish movement and the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, as well as the Southern Baptist Convention and other evangelical Protestant denominations.

FAQ on Same-Sex Marriage — A series of questions and answers regarding the Lutheran Christian understanding of homosexuality. The Other Side of Marriage — A Lutheran Witness article outlining why children matter in the discussion about marriage. August 17, HILLIARD, OHIO — As promised in the wake of the June Supreme Court decision on same-sex marriage, the North American Lutheran Church is providing additional resources to assist its congregations.

What We Believe.

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LCC Missions. Events Calendar. Congregational Site Toolkit. This disruption will now spread in our country through the decision of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Canada ELCIC to authorize its pastors to conduct same-gender marriages, as well as by its finding that sexual orientation is no longer an issue in certifying candidates for the ministry. Because these decisions will be covered in the media, members of the larger Christian community and the Canadian public in general may mistakenly conclude that these decisions represent the position of all Lutherans in this land.

LCC will not ordain pastors who do not affirm this. In holding this position, LCC is not speaking from the margins, but from the overwhelming consensus of Christian churches for the last two millennia, and also from the mainstream of ecumenical conviction today. Lutheran unity is not undermined by the faithful who cling to the Biblical teaching they received and have consistently confessed. It is not being ruptured by people resisting the changes now adopted in a few Lutheran church bodies.

We do not defend this, but rather we repent of such sin and ask God to help His people overcome it wherever it occurs. Contrary to the claims of revisionist theologians, it is indeed possible to refuse their proposed changes to Christian teaching and life without feeling such hatred, and without inciting it in others.

We want Canadians to know that, both in Lutheran Church—Canada and in a number of smaller church bodies, there are Lutheran Christians in this country still deeply committed to the Bible as the authoritative Word of God, and still dedicated to its clear witness on human sexuality, marriage and standards for ministry. We make this declaration to defend the rightful place of historic Lutheran teaching and practice in Canada, and in response to the saving love of Jesus Christ, the Faithful Witness Revelation , the Son of God and Saviour of the world.

The Rev. Robert Bugbee, The Rev. Daryl M. Robert C. Nolan D. Brian D. R. Thomas E. Paul J. Zabel, , East District.

This percentage does not include the weekly worshiping membership of smaller Canadian Lutheran bodies, for whom statistics are not readily available. LCC Facebook. LCC Instagram. Read More. All rights reserved.