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Two North Dakota churches vote down measures to leave the ELCA; we also roundup numbers and local and national reaction to ELCA votes

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Here’s a link to today’s story on two North Dakota churches that voted not to leave the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America. I also talked to the national office and got some updated figures on the number of churches nationally that have taken votes on whether or not to leave the ELCA. There are also numbers on congregation votes in our own region. You can read the story at: www.inforum.com/event/article/id/277062/

308 congregations have taken votes on whether or not to leave the ELCA

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I chatted with Evangelical Lutheran Church in America spokesman John Brooks today and got an update on the number of churches voting on leaving (or not) the ELCA.

Of the almost 10,500 congregations in the denomination, 308 have taken first votes to leave, according to an April 7 report from the ELCA’s office of the secretary.

That’s just under 3 percent. Of those 308 votes, 221 passed. 89 congregations have passed second votes. I’ll roll these numbers into a story for tomorrow discussing two North Dakota congregations that voted on whether or not to leave the ELCA Sunday. The story also takes a broader look at the reaction in North Dakota churches to the controversial Churchwide Assembly decisions. You can check it out at www.inforum.com

 

Eastern N.D. Synod Assembly stories are online

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Here’s a roundup of the stories we did from this weekend’s Eastern North Dakota Synod Assembly in Jamestown:

Synod rejects gay clergy resolution: www.inforum.com/event/article/id/275909/publisher_ID/1/

Eastern N.D., synod rejects gay clergy resolution: www.inforum.com/event/article/id/275872/publisher_ID/1/

Eastern N.D. synod addressing gay clergy issue: www.inforum.com/event/article/id/275871/publisher_ID/1/

Mission Blitz part of assembly: www.inforum.com/event/article/id/275845/publisher_ID/1/

ELCA synod votes down resolution on sexuality: www.inforum.com/event/article/id/275843/publisher_ID/1/

Eastern N.D. Synod votes down resolution calling for ELCA to change controversial stance on human sexuality: www.inforum.com/event/article/id/275778/publisher_ID/1/

Eastern N.D. Synod may ask ELCA to reverse decision on same-gender relationships to serve in the clergy: http://www.inforum.com/event/article/id/275777/publisher_ID/1/

Writing now…

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Hey to anyone (everyone) who’s been following the blog during the ELCA Eastern N.D. Synod Assembly. I’m sitting in Babb’s Coffee in Jamestown, working on today’s story about the Assembly right now.

Thannks for reading and I hope you’ve found it helpful. We’ll have more news from the assembly in Monday’s Forum so check us out there. If you’ve got any tips about the assembly or ELCA news in general, feel free to e-mail me at smercer@forumcomm.com.

Take care,

 

Shane

More than 475 register for Eastern North Dakota ELCA Assembly

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As of Saturday morning 478 people had registered for this weekend’s Evangelical Lutheran Church in America’s Eastern North Dakota Synod Assembly in Jamestown.

Of those, 422 were voting members. There are 230 congregations in the END Synod with about 102,000 members.

The assembly runs from Saturday to Sunday.