Agreed. For a number of years I've been working on critiquing myself. In the past I've been way to complacent. I was a church lay member where, I'm proud to say, we voted down gay ministers at the ELCA convention in 2006. In what I believe a concerted and organized effort from the top in 2009 the ELCA voted in gay clergy. I know a large majority of people in the church didn't want this. I was upset but stood idle however it had been stewing in me. Who wants these people teaching our young I asked? It will be a thorn in the churches side. I thought it won't stop there someday they will be hiding pedophiles if this keeps up. We first dropped the Atlanta Journal Constitution. In 2018 I finally convinced my wife to drop cable. I thought the only thing they will listen too is our money going in the opposite direction and they may not listen to that! I thought why are we paying to pipe this garbage into our living room. At some point Facebook started censoring both me and my wife, Someone at facebook created a custom friends list and placed only my sister on it. I finally discovered what they had done. I dropped facebook and my wife cut way back. This year I finally sent a letter to our pastor explaining my stance on gay ministers and stated that we are on a long sabbatical to pray on the matter and I mostly dropped financial support. Things have gone too far, It's time to take a stance and be heard! Well this year it was no surprise that the ELCA elected their first transgender bishop. I wouldn't want to outcast these people from the church but the problem I have is this is a celebration of sin. It's a sickness and I don't want to be a part of it!
Skip Ryejust now
Agreed. For a number of years I've been working on critiquing myself. In the past I've been way to complacent. I was a church lay member where, I'm proud to say, we voted down gay ministers at the ELCA convention in 2006. In what I believe a concerted and organized effort from the top in 2009 the ELCA voted in gay clergy. I know a large majority of people in the church didn't want this. I was upset but stood idle however it had been stewing in me. Who wants these people teaching our young I asked? It will be a thorn in the churches side. I thought it won't stop there someday they will be hiding pedophiles if this keeps up. We first dropped the Atlanta Journal Constitution. In 2018 I finally convinced my wife to drop cable. I thought the only thing they will listen too is our money going in the opposite direction and they may not listen to that! I thought why are we paying to pipe this garbage into our living room. At some point Facebook started censoring both me and my wife, Someone at facebook created a custom friends list and placed only my sister on it. I finally discovered what they had done. I dropped facebook and my wife cut way back. This year I finally sent a letter to our pastor explaining my stance on gay ministers and stated that we are on a long sabbatical to pray on the matter and I mostly dropped financial support. Things have gone too far, It's time to take a stance and be heard! Well this year it was no surprise that the ELCA elected their first transgender bishop. I wouldn't want to outcast these people from the church but the problem I have is this is a celebration of sin. It's a sickness and I don't want to be a part of it!