Lutheran Church becomes first major
US Christian faith to elect
a transgender bishop
Daily Mail (UK),
by
Staff
Original Article
Posted By: Ribicon,
5/10/2021 10:06:31 PM
Rev Megan Rohrer was elected bishop of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America's Sierra Pacific synod on Saturday, becoming the first transgender person to serve as bishop in the denomination or in any of the major Christian faiths in the US. Rohrer, pastor of Grace Lutheran Church in San Francisco and community chaplain coordinator for the San Francisco Police Department, was the first transgender person to be ordained in the ELCA in 2006 and the first to serve as a pastor when called to Grace Lutheran in 2014. Well known for advocating for LGBTQ rights in street activism, preaching and writing, Rohrer, 41, who uses the pronouns
Reply 1 - Posted by:
Ribicon 5/10/2021 10:10:11 PM (No. 781341)
And as usual, developments like these were stated years ago as objectives of the Marxists who run New America (into the ground). Germans seletions from Communist Goals, Congressional Record, appendix, pp. A34-A35 January 10, 1963.
25. Break down cultural standards of morality by promoting pornography and obscenity in books, magazines, motion pictures, radio, and TV.
26. Present homosexuality, degeneracy and promiscuity as "normal, natural, healthy."
27. Infiltrate the churches and replace revealed religion with "social" religion. Discredit the Bible and emphasize the need for intellectual maturity, which does not need a "religious crutch."
28. Eliminate prayer or any phase of religious expression in the schools on the ground that it violates the principle of "separation of church and state."
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Reply 2 - Posted by:
Ribicon 5/10/2021 10:11:19 PM (No. 781343)
"Germane," that is; posting with the lights dimmed.
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Reply 3 - Posted by:
DVC 5/10/2021 10:12:15 PM (No. 781344)
The Communists, worming their way inside the churches to destoy them from within.
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Reply 4 - Posted by:
DVC 5/10/2021 10:13:28 PM (No. 781346)
Sorry, #1....should have read your good post first. You are exactly right.
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Reply 5 - Posted by:
Ruhn 5/10/2021 10:20:22 PM (No. 781350)
Because Martin Luther would have wanted it that way. /s
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Reply 6 - Posted by:
thekidsmom66 5/10/2021 10:28:36 PM (No. 781358)
As a Lutheran Church Missouri Synod (LCMS) Lutheran, I really wish the ELCA would go away. They're not evangelical, not Lutheran, not a church, and they really don't like America, so....
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Reply 7 - Posted by:
rikkitikki 5/10/2021 10:37:54 PM (No. 781365)
The headline should more accurately read,
"The Lutheran Church becomes the first major US Christian sect to deny Christianity."
I suggest that because Jesus said that not one jot or tittle of the Jewish law would pass until the End of Days (cf. Mt. 5:18), and that law includes condemnations of sexual perversions such as transexual behaviors.
These fruitcakes are certainly entitled to believe whatever they like: even start a new religion that worships sexuality for all I care.
Regardless, they are not entitled to redefine Christianity in their own image.
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The only Lutherans I’ve know closely turned out to be replacement theologians and true believers that Jewish people were innately evil. Quoted Luther’s “of Jews and their lies” a fair bit.
Assuming my friends and the namesake of the church are typical, I can’t say I am surprised.
Heresy likes company
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Go to Hades!
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Reply 10 - Posted by:
janjan 5/10/2021 11:31:37 PM (No. 781403)
Sorry but this is no longer a Christian faith.
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Reply 11 - Posted by:
Lawsy0 5/10/2021 11:45:49 PM (No. 781413)
This is not the first Apostate denomination to go public. Most certainly will, however, long before this all ends.
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Reply 12 - Posted by:
Ketchuplover 5/10/2021 11:57:30 PM (No. 781426)
In 2009 during their national convention in Mpls, on the day when debate was on the topic of should practicing homosexuals be allowed in the pastoral ministry........a tornado appeared and tore down the cross from the ELCA church steeple across the street. They never got the message. They approved having practicing gays serve as pastors. And now this. Please do not group all Lutherans in with this non-Christian church body. They are the largest Lutheran church body in the US, but they're LINO (Lutheran in Name Only). Here's another example: Their insurance pays for their church workers having abortions.
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Reply 13 - Posted by:
DARling 5/11/2021 12:27:55 AM (No. 781440)
I am sickened by this. No Bible-believing Christian would think this is a good thing.
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Reply 14 - Posted by:
smokincol 5/11/2021 12:30:43 AM (No. 781443)
that's because they exhausted their list of lesbian ministers and only considered the next best thing
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Reply 15 - Posted by:
24tea@Mag 5/11/2021 12:30:49 AM (No. 781444)
What a way to make headlines!
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Reply 16 - Posted by:
GoodDeal 5/11/2021 1:12:26 AM (No. 781460)
Luther is biblical Greek for Lucifer. That religion is demonic and satanic.
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Reply 17 - Posted by:
Luandir 5/11/2021 1:46:04 AM (No. 781490)
Virtue-signaling points to the Luthies!
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Reply 18 - Posted by:
Harlowe 5/11/2021 1:46:39 AM (No. 781492)
#5~ For the record, commenting on the men of Sodom as written in Genesis 19:4-5, Martin Luther wrote, “I for my part do not enjoy dealing with this passage, because so far the ears of the Germans are innocent of and uncontaminated by this monstrous depravity; for even though disgrace, like other sins, has crept in through an ungodly soldier and a lewd merchant, still the rest of the people are unaware of what is being done in secret. ...” (Luther’s Works, Vol. 3, 251-252)
#6~ The Evangelical Lutheran Church in America should stop identifying as Lutherans. There is no “pluralism” when it comes to the First Commandment. Scripture is the inspired Word of God, so there is no “pluralism” when it comes to accepting homosexuality as “just as another way of being.” Simply stated, there is only one God. Scripture states that homosexuality is an abomination/sin: --- (Genesis19:5, Leviticus18:22, Leviticus20:13, Deuteronomy22:5, Deuteronomy23:18, Judges 9:22-23 Romans1:26-27, 1Corinthians6:9-10, 2Peter6-11, Jude1:6-8, Revelation21:5-8, Revelation22:14-15) Simply stated, homosexuality is contrary to what is written in Scripture, homosexual behavior is sinful. Hate the sin, love the sinner.
#7~ As informational, the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA) does NOT represent all Lutherans; the ELCA began going off the deep end about 25 years ago and should not be identifying as “Lutheran” as it clearly represents extreme liberalism. The Lutheran Church – Missouri Synod (LCSM) and the Wisconsin Evangelical Lutheran Synod (WELS) are theologically conservative churches in this country. In 2010, there was a split from the ELCA forming the North American Lutheran Church (NALC) that identifies as being between the liberal ELCA and LCMS.
#8~ It is difficult to believe there may be some Lutherans who believe that Jewish people are innately evil--it is beyond comprehension and defies the teachings of Scripture which is the basis of Lutheranism: “This is my commandment, that you love one another as I have loved you.” (John 15:12) ~~~ Regarding Martin Luther and “The Jews & Their Lies,” that was a most unfortunate mistake which he regretted as evidenced in his last sermon: “We want to treat them with Christian love and to pray for them, so that they might become converted and would receive the Lord” (Weimar edition of Luther’s Works, Vol. 51, p. 195). ~~~ As to “heresy likes company,” Matthew 7:1.
#10~ Please know that the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA), which has become ultra-liberal, does NOT represent other Lutheran Churches in this country. The Lutheran Church Missouri Synod (LCMS) and Wisconsin Evangelical Lutheran Synod (WELS) remain committed to and revere the teachings of Scripture.
#16~ “Luther is biblical Greek for Lucifer. That religion is demonic and satanic.” ~~~ Prove it; chapter and verse. ~~~ “Luther is ... derived from the Greek name Eleutherius. Eleutherius is a cognate of the Greek word eleutheros (έλεύθερος) which means "free".
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Reply 19 - Posted by:
web 5/11/2021 2:43:50 AM (No. 781512)
Well, isn't that special. Too bad a church that calls itself Christian can't even elect a Christian to be its bishop. Megan uses the pronouns they and them, probably referring to all of them demons who possess "him." I really could care less if he is gay, but if he is a practicing homosexual, then he cannot call himself a Christian.
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Reply 20 - Posted by:
ControlFreak 5/11/2021 9:03:45 AM (No. 781689)
It and its wife look like twins.
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Reply 21 - Posted by:
NorthernDog 5/11/2021 9:16:50 AM (No. 781707)
I'm never quite sure which sex they are trying to be, used to be, etc.... But I don't want to see any physical evidence.
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Never play chess with a member of the Lutheran clergy; they can't tell a Bishop from a Queen.