Welcoming Gay and Lesbian People

ELCA Churchwide Assembly Action CA95.06.50

Passed by the 1995 Churchwide Assembly in Minneapolis, Minnesota.
 
Resolved
To affirm the prior action of the 1991 Churchwide Assembly, that "gay and lesbian people, as individuals created by God, are welcome to participate fully in the life of the congregations of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America"; and
 
To convey this action as a response to the 1995 Churchwide Assembly to the memorials on this topic by the Southeastern Pennsylvania and Metropolitan Washington, D.C. synods.