Saturday, October 2, 2010

A letter to churches thinking about leaving the ELCA

I wanted to make this resource available to all of you. It can be downloaded as a pdf file, or you can click on the Fullscreen option to read it on your computer. You can also use your printer to make a copy.

This is a letter written by the Rev. Dr. William Gafkjen, bishop elect of the ELCA's Indiana-Kentucky Synod, to the congregations he serves. Rev. Gafkjen is responding to a piece by Dr. Robert Benne, who strongly opposes the actions taken last summer by the ELCA in convention. I hope you'll take time to read it.


2 comments:

  1. Maybe it would be helpful for you to not only post pro-ELCA letters, but the original letter he is commenting upon. Seems only fair.

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  2. The original letter is part of the document that has been posted. Rev. Gafkjen first quotes the letter from Dr. Benne and then comments on its contents. Rev. Gafkjen's comments are in italics. The original letter is in roman type.

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