Lutherans Concerned/North America
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Lutherans Concerned/North America is an organization of laypeople, pastors, and congregations that are primarily from the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA) and the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Canada(ELCIC) who are working for the full acceptance and inclusion of people of all sexual orientations and gender identities in the life of the Church. It is one of many LGBT-welcoming church movements to emerge in American Christianity in the late twentieth century.
Lutherans Concerned is part of a coalition of organizations working to change church policies regarding same-sex blessings and the ordination of non-celibate gay and lesbian pastors.
The organization was founded in 1974 to promote tolerance of gay and lesbian persons within the various North American Lutheran denominations.
Through its Reconciling in Christ program, the organization recognizes congregations and Lutheran organizations the declare themselves welcoming to all people, regardless of sexual orientation or gender identity.
[edit] External links
- Official website
- Lutheran Lesbian and Gay Ministries
- goodsoil.org
- Extraordinary Candidacy Project
- Wingspan Ministries
- The Network for Inclusive Vision
- Lutherans Concerned in Canada
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