After voting down three amendments to delay
the Renewing Worship project, a new red worship book and
otherresources yet to unfold were approved by the assembly 740-252 .
The
process that began in 2001 and involved thousands of people was tested
for more than an hour as a parade of people questioned everything from
expanded language for God to whether publishing such a book would send
Augsburg Fortress, Publishers, into bankruptcy.
An amendment to
stall approval until 2009 failed 264-719. Supporters wanted an expanded
circle of people to study the resources.
Karl Moyer, Lower Susquehanna Synod, said, “The need for speed is not so great as the need for care.”
Robert
Benne, Virginia Synod, said he sensed there had been an “intent to
snip, prune, hunt down any masculine pronouns for God.”
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