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Gay ELCA Defrocked Pastor Returns to Pulpit

by Phil Gons on August 15th, 2007

gay-elca-defrocked-pastor-returns-to-pulpit.jpgWe mentioned yesterday the ECLA’s decision to permit their pastors to be in same-sex sexual relationships so long as they are faithful to their partner. This news resulted in the official sanction of Bradley Schmeling, the gay defrocked pastor of St. John’s Lutheran Church in Atlanta, to continue as pastor.

The Atlanta pastor at the heart of the homosexual clergy debate in the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America has returned to the pulpit. And the Atlanta congregation is ecstatic.

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