The Christian Post: Taking one of the harshest disciplinary acts possible against a member church, the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA) stripped an urban ministry center in Los Angeles of its congregational status because it broke church laws by hiring an openly lesbian associate pastor.
Central City Lutheran Mission (CCLM), according to the Los Angeles Times, said it knew it broke church laws while installing the Rev. Jennifer Mason – a pastor who is not on the official ELCA clergy roster because of her sexually active lesbian lifestyle. In fact, according to the ELCA news, the members of the CCLM board met with Pacifica synod leaders before Mason was installed to discuss the situation.
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Lutheran church stripped of spiritual status for hiring non-rostered clergy
