CHICAGO (ELCA) -- The Evangelical Lutheran Church in America's
(ELCA) Northeastern Iowa Synod Council voted this past weekend to rescind
two resolutions it adopted in November in response to the sexuality
decisions of the 2009 ELCA Churchwide Assembly. The council rescinded
the resolutions decisively "after extensive and open conversation," wrote
Susan Armstrong, Mason City, Iowa, synod vice president, in a Feb. 1
letter to the synod.
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About the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America:
The ELCA is one of the largest Christian denominations in the United States, with 2.8 million members in more than 8,500 worshiping communities across the 50 states and in the Caribbean region. Known as the church of "God's work. Our hands.," the ELCA emphasizes the saving grace of God through faith in Jesus Christ, unity among Christians and service in the world. The ELCA's roots are in the writings of the German church reformer Martin Luther.
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