RESULTS JUNE 26: CONGREGATIONS VOTING TO LEAVE THE ELCA

1. Zion Lutheran Church, Groveport, OH passed second vote to leave the ELCA, 46-7. Voted to join NALC.
2. First Lutheran Church, Paxton, IL passed second vote to leave the ELCA, 79-3 abstension. Voted to join NALC 74-1.
3. Bethany Lutheran Church, Cushing, MN failed to pass first vote to leave the ELCA, 43 to leave-50 to stay.
4. Bethany Lutheran Church, Covington, MI passed second vote to leave the ELCA, 18-1. Also voted to join LCMC.
5. Faith Lutheran Church, Conover, NC failed to pass their second vote to leave the ELCA by three votes, 39-24.
6. Philadelphia Lutheran Church, Granite Falls, NC failed to pass first vote to leave the ELCA (second attempt), 62 voted to leave 57 voted to stay. (First vote was 75-39). There is conversation about a NALC mission start in area.
7. First Lutheran Church, Houston, TX passed first vote to leave the ELCA, 31-9.
8. Bethany Lutheran Church, Nevis, MN failed to pass second vote to leave the ELCA, 109-66.
9. Faith Lutheran Church, Evansville, MN failed to pass first vote to leave the ELCA, 87 to leave, 51 to stay.
10. We are adding Community of Joy, O'Fallon, MO. They have voted out of the ELCA and joined the LCMC.
11. Our Savior's Lutheran Church, Salem, OR passed second vote to leave the ELCA, June 26, 310-17. The vote to join NALC was 309-5.
12. We are adding St. John Lutheran Church, Stacy, MN which passed second vote to leave the ELCA May 1. LCMC