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Saturday, November 14, 2009

ELCA IS BEGINNING TO GET THE MESSAGE FROM THE FOLKS


Bishop Mark Hanson is staggered by the reaction of local congregations to the decision made by the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America last August to ordain practicing homosexuals. ELCA churches throughout the country are leaving, while others are withholding their support to the national body. Some 40 persons may have to be let go in the coming weeks, says the Bishop.


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