Come2go This is about an active God, who really listens Age of community: 5 years.
Web site: www.come2go.org. Leaders: Mark R. Minnick, an ELCA pastor; worship leader Dave Frincke; outreach leader Quincy McGhee. GO teams do community outreach, including ministry at a juvenile detention center and a nursing home. Christian rock, alternative, country and other concerts draw hundreds. How do you involve people?: “One of the [Easter] baptisms was a gentleman who has played guitar on the worship team for six months,” Minnick said. “Instead of making people jump through hoops, we try to take hoops down. The act of participating is as much a catalyst of faith as [what we teach].” |
| keith bailey - 6/17/2008 |
Dear Sir/Madam I have a question for you. Is the Evangelical Lutheran Church liberal? Keith Bailey (England)
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| Dave Hettlinger - 6/29/2008 |
Dear Keith, I don't have much authority to answer your question. However, as a lifelong member of the ELCA and a part-time seminarian, I think that I can safely write that ELCA congregations differ across the political spectrum. Some were against the Called to Common Mission full communion agreement with the Espiscopal Church, USA; others were for it. Some have been strongly against blessing same sex unions; others have been strongly for it. On the national level, the ELCA has been cautious. Many of its social statements have a progressive tone, but overall acts in moderation. Best regards, David |
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