{"id":1811,"date":"2009-11-19T17:22:17","date_gmt":"2009-11-19T17:22:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/news\/2009\/11\/lutheran-dissidents-say-new-ch.php"},"modified":"2009-11-19T17:22:17","modified_gmt":"2009-11-19T17:22:17","slug":"lutheran-dissidents-say-new-ch","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/news\/2009\/11\/lutheran-dissidents-say-new-ch","title":{"rendered":"Lutheran Dissidents Say New Church Body in the Works"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>(RNS) In late September, Lutheran dissidents said they would hunker down for a year and study whether to leave the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America and create a new church body.<br \/>\nLess than two months later, on Wednesday (Nov. 19) Lutheran CORE (Coalition for Renewal) announced that indeed such a body &#8220;will likely be necessary.&#8221;<br \/>\n&#8220;What happened was the idea of a discussion for a year became kind of scary for people who want to leave now,&#8221; said the Rev. David Baer, a CORE spokesman and pastor of an ELCA church in Whitewood, S.D.<br \/>\nBaer said his own church will vote this weekend on whether to join CORE, which he estimates counts around 700 congregations as members.<br \/>\nCORE said no &#8220;firm decisions&#8221; have been made about how the new church body will be structured; recommendations will be released in February. &#8220;The working committee is just beginning their work,&#8221; Baer said. &#8220;What we&#8217;ve done is paint a little picture of what a church body will look like.&#8221;<br \/>\nConservative Lutherans have been distressed since the ELCA&#8217;s Churchwide Assembly voted in August to allow gays and lesbians in committed, same-sex relationships to be ordained as clergy. The assembly also voted to allow congregations to recognize and support such relationships.<br \/>\n&#8220;The vote on sexuality opened the eyes of many to how far the ELCA has moved from biblical teaching,&#8221; the Rev. Paull Spring, CORE&#8217;s chair, said in a statement Wednesday.<br \/>\nELCA spokesman John Brooks said CORE&#8217;s announcement was expected.<br \/>\n&#8220;We are staying focused on our clear priorities and clear mission. More than 10,000 congregations that want to be part of that mission.&#8221;<br \/>\nFive congregations have taken the two votes necessary to leave the ELCA since the Churchwide Assembly, Brooks said. The ELCA has approximately 4.6 million members spread across 10,300 congregations.<br \/>\nEighty-seven congregations have taken the first vote, and 28 of those did not attain the two-thirds majority required to leave the denomination, Brooks said.<br \/>\n&#8220;That two-thirds hurdle is a big hurdle for some congregations,&#8221; Baer said.<br \/>\n<em>By Daniel Burke<br \/>\nCopyright 2009 Religion News Service. All rights reserved. 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