Congregation won’t be punished over gay celibacy rule
Bishop Wayne Miller said Wednesday he won’t discipline a congregation that’s challenging the celibacy requirement for gay clergy in the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America.
Resurrection Lutheran Church in Lake View plans to ordain a lesbian as associate pastor. Jen Rude says she won’t pledge lifelong celibacy because she considers the rule discriminatory. In the ELCA, heterosexual pastors can marry.
Miller, head of the Metropolitan Chicago Synod, said he wants to “stay in conversation” with the congregation rather than censure or drive it out of the denomination.
Source: suntimes.com