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Herbert Chilstrom: Gay acceptance and churches | Star Tribune:
In 1987, I was elected the first presiding bishop of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA), the fourth-largest Protestant denomination in the United States. By now the issue had bubbled up into a national crisis. Along with other denominations, the ELCA was seeking to develop a policy on gay ordination, gay marriage and related questions.
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GJ - Lenski, "Resist the beginnings." ELCA did not, and they found themselves torn apart by the gay agenda.
I knew Chilstrom somewhat, ate lunch with him at a conference. He graduated from Augustana Seminary.
I wrote about the Lavender Mafia in 1987, providing proof of how this was organized across denominational lines. All the information was in print and easy to cite. Many people were incredulous. When I gave Robert Preus the materials handed out at LCA gatherings, he was in shock. Yet Missouri and WELS kept working with ELCA as if nothing had happened.
Now the SynCons cluck their tongues and point their fingers at ELCA, as if they have not been enablers for 26 plus years.
The Joy Radio show. What was that?
Snowbird Leadership Conference. Never happened.
Church (Growth) Membership Initiative. I was not there.
Etc.