Reconciling Works

TO THE MEMBERS AND ADVISORY MEMBERS OF THE NATIONAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE EVANGELICAL LUTHERAN CHURCH IN CANADA  A  PASTORAL  LETTER Concerning the ELCIC Social Statement on Human Sexuality and the Three Motions Recommended by the National Church Council      We are pastors of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Canada, serving in diverse settings in […]

SASKATOON, Saskatchewan, July 13, 2011 — The members of the National Church Council (NCC) of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Canada (ELCIC) received a pastoral letter signed by 141 members of the ministry roster of that church stating their approval of the Social Statement on Human Sexuality and the related motions being brought to the […]

The Board of Directors of Lutherans Concerned/North America met last night and elected new Co-Chairs, a Vice-Chair for Development and a Secretary to the Board, all officer positions.  They will serve until the current board’s biennial term of office ends in July 2012. Elected were Nicole Garcia and the Reverend Chris Berry as Co-Chairs, Jeannine […]

The Board of Directors of Lutherans Concerned has accepted the resignations of five voting members of the board and the non-voting chaplain, and has begun the process to replace them with Lutherans equally committed to the goals, vision, values and mission of the organization.   After a year of service together as officers of the […]

Press ReleaseLUTHERANS CONCERNED/NORTH AMERICA April 11, 2011        FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Guy Erwin, Partnered Teaching Theologian, Ordained at California Lutheran University R. Guy Erwin, a teaching theologian at California Lutheran University (CLU), was ordained in the Samuelson Chapel of that institution at 10:00 a.m. on May 11, 2011.  He is both gay and in a committed […]

Press ReleaseLUTHERANS CONCERNED/NORTH AMERICAApril 18, 2011        FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Jamie Ann Meyers Elected to the Lutherans Concerned Board of Directors as Transgender Representative The Board of Directors of Lutherans Concerned/North America (LC/NA) is pleased to announce the election of Jamie Ann Meyers as the Transgender Representative on the Board for the remainder of the 2010-2012 […]

Lutherans Concerned/North America passes along this press release about the memorial service held for David Kato on February 7. Global Justice InstituteSexual Minorities Uganda (SMUG) http://www.sexualminoritiesuganda.org/Gay By God http://gaybygod.net/ Media Release Media Contacts: Dinean Robinson dinean@gmail.com  862-235-0601Joseph Tolton, Rehoboth Temple and Global Justice Institute 646-765-6960 Leading Black Pastor Eulogizes Slain Ugandan Gay Rights Advocate David Kato […]

Yet another confirmation of the joyous changes occurring in the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA) will be seen on Sunday, February 27, at 3:00 p.m. Pacific Time, as the Sierra Pacific Synod of the ELCA and St. Francis Lutheran Church hold a Festival of Reconciliation and Restoration with the Rite of Reception for St. […]

Paul Egertson died suddenly yesterday afternoon, January 5, 2011, in his home in Thousand Oaks, California. Egertson, staunch ally and advocate for full inclusion of LGBT people in the life of the church, had championed the ordination of LGBT candidates for ministry and an end to the policies and practices of the church that relegated […]

PRESS RELEASE: LC/NA Celebrates the ELCA Reception to the Clergy Roster of an Openly Gay Philadelphia Pastor December 10, 2010FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Phil Soucy703-980-2038www.lcna.org Lutherans Concerned/North America (LC/NA) celebrates the upcoming reception of Pastor Jay Wiesner onto the clergy roster by the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA) on Sunday, December 12. He will […]