Daniel_Cheung
10-19-2009, 12:00 PM
Two ELCA Pastors on Opposing Sides Share a 'Profound Grace Moment'
http://www.wfn.org/2009/10/msg00105.html
The Rev. James E. Boline and the Rev. Erma S. Wolf
have at least one thing in common: South Dakota. Boline grew up there,
and Wolf recently served a congregation there. They met while serving as
communion ministers for opening worship of the 2009 Churchwide Assembly
of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA) in August.
Conceivably, that's as far as their commonalities go.
Wolf serves as vice president of the steering committee for Lutheran
Coalition for Renewal (Lutheran CORE), an alliance of ELCA members and organizations that oppose some assembly actions, particularly the
adoption of proposals to change ELCA ministry policies. One change makes it possible for Lutherans in publicly accountable, lifelong, monogamous same-gender relationships to serve as ELCA associates in ministry, clergy, deaconesses and diaconal ministers....
http://www.wfn.org/2009/10/msg00105.html
The Rev. James E. Boline and the Rev. Erma S. Wolf
have at least one thing in common: South Dakota. Boline grew up there,
and Wolf recently served a congregation there. They met while serving as
communion ministers for opening worship of the 2009 Churchwide Assembly
of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA) in August.
Conceivably, that's as far as their commonalities go.
Wolf serves as vice president of the steering committee for Lutheran
Coalition for Renewal (Lutheran CORE), an alliance of ELCA members and organizations that oppose some assembly actions, particularly the
adoption of proposals to change ELCA ministry policies. One change makes it possible for Lutherans in publicly accountable, lifelong, monogamous same-gender relationships to serve as ELCA associates in ministry, clergy, deaconesses and diaconal ministers....