Reconciling Works

As the United Methodist Church (UMC) Quadrennial General Conference begins today in Tampa, Florida, we all need to turn our thoughts, our prayers, and our hearts toward the around 1000 delegates of this global denomination as they take up again the existing prohibitions levied against lesbian and gay Christians and proposals to exclude transgender people. […]

Just a reminder that there are excellent pre-events as part of Reconciling Works 2012, geared to immerse you in a subject, far deeper than workshops can do.  If you have registered already or are planning to register soon, take a serious look at them to enhance your learning at assembly…  Registration is still open with […]

Emily Eastwood, Executive Director, Lutherans Concerned, will be a panelist at the Minnesota Psychological Association (MPA) Annual Convention April 20-21, 2012, being held at Southwest Marriott Hotel, Minnetonka, Minnesota.   Emily will be part of the “Reconciling Conflicts between Religious Beliefs and Sexual Orientation” discussion of the film, “For the Bible Tells Me So” on […]

Lutherans Concerned/North America (LC/NA) is pleased to announce that the Rev. Anita C. Hill will join the staff of LC/NA as Regional Director for Minnesota and the Dakotas beginning on May 1, 2012.  Her first task will be to champion the LC/NA effort to educate Minnesota Lutherans toward the defeat of the proposed anti-LGBT marriage […]

Lutherans Concerned/North America (LC/NA) expresses its deepest sympathy to the family and friends of seventeen-year old Trayvon Martin, who was fatally shot on February 26.   LC/NA stands for justice, equality, and full inclusion for all in church and in society.   No one should be suspected of criminal intent or criminal actions simply because […]

Lutherans Concerned/North America joins Gloria Dei Lutheran Church, St. Paul, in celebrating the decision of the congregation to call Bradley Schmeling as Senior Pastor.  The vote by the congregation was held on March 25, 2012, and is a landmark decision by this faithful church.   Pastor Bradley Schmeling, currently of St. John’s Lutheran Church in […]

In pastoral letters, policy statements, and other forms of witness, Lutheran bishops and other leaders have spoken out in favor of marriage equality and/or against changing state consitutions to prevent marriage eqaulity.

The marriage equality bill sponsored by Governor Martin O’Malley passed the Maryland Senate this afternoon, 25-22, having passed the House of Delegates last week.  The bill will now go to the Governor, who has said he will sign it, making Maryland the eighth state to enshrine marriage equality in their laws. Opponents say they will […]

Today, Friday, in a sea of green voting cards which said “yes,” the Minneapolis Area Synod of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA) spoke out in opposition to the proposed amendment to the state constitution that would deprive the right to a civil marriage to same-gender partners.   Met in assembly, the largest synod […]

The online registration for Reconciling Works 2012 has opened.  Reconciling Works 2012 is the biennial assembly of Lutherans Concerned/North America.  The Reconciling in Christ (RIC) Convention will be held as well during Reconciling Works 2012.  The assembly and convention will be held in Washington, D.C., July 6-10, in the facilities of Luther Place Lutheran Church […]