CHICAGO (ELCA) -- The presiding bishop of the Evangelical Lutheran
Church in Tanzania (ELCT) said in an Easter sermon that the ELCT does not
support certain decisions of the 2009 Churchwide Assembly of the
Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA) nor the Church of Sweden's
decision to allow its clergy to conduct same-gender marriages.
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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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