Lutheran’s still holding to being Christians?

There are several Lutheran Church denominations. The Wisconsin Synod, the Missouri Synod, and maybe one or two more. I don't think these would take part in this sort of thing. But I think it's the future in most churches.

 

That is an Evangelical Lutheran Church of America congregation. Here is the ELCA statement on human sexuality(which apparently allows that kind of unBiblical activity):

A Social Statement on Human Sexuality: Gift and Trust (elca.org)

 

In 2009 the ELCA held their convention in Minneapolis where they voted to approve homosexual pastors and homosexuality as a whole. That very day a tornado went through downtown Minneapolis and destroyed the steeple of Central Lutheran Church where the convention was being held.
Tornadoes cause damage across Twin Cities area

 

Don't lump all Lutherans together with the ELCA. In our area there are several confessional Lutheran Churches as well as Evangelical Lutheran Synod churches that have nothing to do with the ELCA which has obviously lost it's theological moorings. ELCA churches are withdrawing from that synod in droves. They can do so and keep their property as they are congregational in polity.

The Lutheran Church-Missouri Synod, The Wisconsin Evangelical Lutheran Synod, are biblical sound churches.
The Confessional Lutheran Church (CLC), Laestidian Lutheran Church (LLC), the Lutheran Church of Confessional Fellowship (LCCF) and the Apostolic Lutheran Church of America (ALCA) are all more conservative than the WELS.
The ALCA and LLC are pietistic Lutheran churches that demand a strict adherence to an abstention of all alcoholic beverages. In doing that they they do not use wine for communion which is a traditonal practice of Lutheran churches.

 

wow, I wasn't aware of so many sects in the Lutheran Church.

 

• American Association of Lutheran Churches (AALC)
• Apostolic Lutheran Church of America (ALCA)
• Association of Confessional Lutheran Churches (ACLC)
• Association of Free Lutheran Congregations (AFLC)
• Augsburg Lutheran Churches (ALC)
• Canadian Association of Lutheran Congregations (CALC)
• Church of the Lutheran Brethren of America (CLBA)
• Church of the Lutheran Confession (CLC)
• Concordia Lutheran Conference (CLC)
• Conservative Lutheran Association (CLA)
• Eielsen Synod
• Estonian Evangelical Lutheran Church (EELK)
• Evangelical Lutheran Church - Eesti Synod (E.E.L.K.)[2]
• Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA)
• Evangelical Lutheran Church in Canada (ELCIC)
• Evangelical Lutheran Conference & Ministerium of North America (ELCM)
• Evangelical Lutheran Diocese of North America (ELDoNA)
• Evangelical Lutheran Synod (ELS)
• General Lutheran Church (GLC)[3]
• Illinois Lutheran Conference (ILC)[4]
• Independent Lutheran Diocese (ILD)[5]
• Laestadian Lutheran Church (LLC)
• Latvian Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (LELCA)
• Lutheran Church–Canada (LCC)
• Lutheran Church - International (LC-I)
• Lutheran Church–Missouri Synod (LCMS)
• Lutheran Churches of the Reformation (LCR)
• Lutheran Conference of Confessional Fellowship (LCCF)[6]
• Lutheran Congregations in Mission for Christ (LCMC)
• The Reformed Lutheran Church of America (RLCA)
• The Lutheran Evangelical Protestant Church (GCEPC)
• Lutheran Ministerium and Synod - USA (LMS-USA)
• North American Lutheran Church (NALC)
• Old Apostolic Lutheran Church
• Orthodox Lutheran Confessional Conference (OLCC)
• Protes'tant Conference
• United Lutheran Mission Association (ULMA)
• Wisconsin Evangelical Lutheran Synod (WELS)

 

The two largest conservative (bible believing) Lutheran synods are the LCMS (Missouri Synod) and WELS (Wisconsin Evangelical Lutheran Synod) consisting of several million members. Back in 80's, the ELCA was a merger of about five different liberal synods that departed from orthodox Christian belief. In fact, they are in bed with The Episcopal Church. That tells you all you need to know about ELCA.

 

I love LCMS satire:

Horus Ruins Christmas - YouTube

Horus Reads the Internet - YouTube

 

I have a friend who is a Lutheran pastor. We disagree on many theological issues, but we agree on salvation by grace alone through faith alone.