Evangelical Lutheran Church in America condemns certain scriptures
Logo of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America
The Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ECLA) continues its descent into perdition.
WND reported the following:
‘Did God really say?’ Lutheran Church announces which Bible verses it condemns
The Evangelical Lutheran Church in America has condemned the Bible verses it doesn’t like. According to a new video, apparently its members believe God made some mistakes along the way.
They have to do with women, verses a spokeswoman in a video protests have to do with “power, privilege, prejudice” “within a patriarchy.” The video was at the 2025 ELCA churchwide assembly.
She condemns the contemporary “Christian church” for being “complicit in the sins of sexism and patriarchy,” and she lists Genesis 3:16, Judges 19, 1st Corinthians 11:3-16 as among those that God must not have really meant to be included in the Bible.
She explains that Lutherans “don’t have to accept literally” the words of the Bible, which she alleges arose in a society that no longer exists. …
The new statement isn’t the first time ELCA leaders have openly condemned the Bible …
A report at Not the Bee turned blunt about the public repudiation of the Scriptures …
It quoted the narrator:
“In the … ELCA, we believe all people are created equally in the image of God. God intends for everyone to flourish. But because of the sin of sexism, women are often deprived of that right … we are called to seek equity and justice for all … The Lutheran commitment to neighbor justice compels us to expose how patriarchy and sexism cause harm to all of creation … This has roots in patterns of power, privilege, and prejudice within a patriarchy …”
The narrator charges that the Bible says things “about women and girls that we now recognized as harmful.” 09/25/25 https://www.wnd.com/2025/09/did-god-really-say-lutheran-church-announces-which/
Let me add that ECLA does not approve on the anti-LGBTQ scriptures either.
Wikipedia stated:
The Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA) is a mainline Protestant church headquartered in Chicago, Illinois. The ELCA was officially formed on January 1, 1988, by the merging of three Lutheran church bodies. As of December 31, 2024, it has approximately 2.68 million baptized members in 8,386 congregations. …
The ELCA belongs to the World Council of Churches, the National Council of Churches of Christ in the USA, and the Lutheran World Federation. It is in full communion with the Episcopal Church, Moravian Church, Presbyterian Church (USA), Reformed Church in America, United Church of Christ, and the United Methodist Church. …
The ELCA, in removing sexual orientation as a bar for candidacy in the professional ministry, joined most of its Lutheran sister churches in Europe, including in Germany, Norway, Sweden, Denmark, Iceland, and Austria. …
In 2015, the denomination ordained, officially, the first transgender pastor.
Also in 2015, after the Supreme Court legalized same-sex marriage nationally in the US, the office of the presiding bishop released a letter informing members that each congregation is free to marry gay and lesbian couples or to choose not to do so. (Evangelical Lutheran Church in America. Wikipedia, accessed 09/26/25)
So, ECLA is supposed to be a “mainline Protestant church.”
ECLA has long been an antibiblical group that pushed antibiblical positions.
For example, notice something from back in 2021:
The Rev. Megan Rohrer made history when they became the first transgender pastor in the Lutheran church. This month, they again broke new ground — this time, as the church’s first transgender bishop.
Rohrer was elected the Bishop of the Sierra Pacific Synod of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America earlier this month. Throughout their six-year term, Rohrer will lead the synod, or a geographical grouping of congregations, which includes northern California and parts of Nevada. Rohrer, who uses the pronouns they and them, describes their new role as being the “pastor of the pastors and cheerleader of almost 200 congregations.” https://www.cnn.com/2021/05/12/us/first-transgender-lutheran-bishop-megan-rohrer-trnd/index.html
The Bible condemns both cross-dressing and males being effeminate, which thus condemns:
5 A woman shall not wear anything that pertains to a man, nor shall a man put on a woman’s garment, for all who do so are an abomination to the Lord your God. (Deuteronomy 22:5)
9 Know ye not that the unrighteous shall not inherit the kingdom of God? Be not deceived: neither fornicators, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor effeminate, nor abusers of themselves with mankind,
10 Nor thieves, nor covetous, nor drunkards, nor revilers, nor extortioners, shall inherit the kingdom of God.
11 And such were some of you: but ye are washed, but ye are sanctified, but ye are justified in the name of the Lord Jesus, and by the Spirit of our God. (1 Corinthians 6:9-11, KJV)
But despite sola Scriptura supposedly being the rallying cry of Martin Luther’s movement 500 years ago, scriptural restrictions are something that the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America does not accept.
But it is not just the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America. Protestantism, overall, does not actually hold to sola Scriptura.– for documented proof, check out our free eBook: Hope of Salvation: How the Continuing Church of God Differs from Protestantism.
And because Protestantism does not sufficiently respect the Bible, it is little wonder that Protestant groups have condemned scriptures and taught it is fine to intentionally and openly practice what the word of God condemns.
While many moderns who do not truly believe scripture, the true faith is not supposed to change with “the times.”
The Bible teaches:
3 … to contend earnestly for the faith once delivered to the saints. (Jude 3, Douay-Rheims)
At this time, let’s look at how a Roman Catholic Bible renders some passages in the New Testament:
34 Let women keep silence in the churches: for it is not permitted them to speak, but to be subject, as also the law saith. 35 But if they would learn any thing, let them ask their husbands at home. For it is a shame for a woman to speak in the church. (1 Corinthians 14:34-35, Douay-Rheims)
11 Let the woman learn in silence, with all subjection. 12 But I suffer not a woman to teach, nor to use authority over the man: but to be in silence. (1 Timothy 2:11-12, Douay-Rheims)
Any pushing for female ministers/preachers, same-sex “marriage, etc. is NOT contending for the faith that was once and for all delivered to the saints as Jude 3 says should be done.
Now, I would add that instead of focusing on what women should not be doing, it is important to understand what they should be doing. For some details, here is a link to a written article titled: Women and the New Testament Church.
In the Continuing Church of God we do not believe that women are to preach nor to read services (although if there are no men available, they can read announcements, etc.).
Women have other roles. Some are deaconesses. Some, for the CCOG, edit, manage websites, manage Facebook pages, do translations, assist with festival planning and coordination, maintain our online radio presence, and/or host groups where we have no males. They also sing, provide music, help put together items related to the Study the Bible Course, and do some writing.
We also have the following sermon on women’s roles at our ContinuingCOG channel:
What roles, rights, and responsibilities do Christian women have? Did Jesus break Jewish traditions related to women? What did various women do in the New Testament? Can women be prophetesses or deaconesses? What about pastors and preachers? Do women have the same spiritual potential as men? Are women listed in the Book of Life? Will women be subject to persecution prior to the start of the Great Tribulation? Will women be wives or kings and priests in the coming kingdom of God? What are some of the roles women have in supporting the work in the Continuing Church of God? Dr. Thiel provides answers to those and other questions.
Here is a link to the sermon: Women’s Roles in the Church.
While there are biblically approved roles for women, having them reading church services really is not one.
Sadly, less and less people these days (including the late Pope Francis) take the Bible seriously enough.
Some items of possibly related interest may include:
Women and the New Testament Church What roles did women play in the ministry of Jesus and the apostles? Did Jesus and the Apostle Paul violate Jewish traditions regarding their dealings with women? Do women have any biblical limitations on their role in the Church? Were there female prophets? Do women have any special responsibilities in terms of how they dress? What does the New Testament really teach about women? Here are links to two related sermons: Women’s Roles in the Church and New Testament Women. Here is a sermon in the Spanish language: Las mujeres y la Iglesia de Antiguo Testamento: https://youtu.be/BQ0oQTlIcXg
True Womanhood: A Lost Cause? Is there still a place for being feminine? Here is an article from Herbert Armstrong about his thoughts relating to women and womanhood.
Hope of Salvation: How the Continuing Church of God Differs from Protestantism The CCOG is NOT Protestant. This free online book explains how the real Church of God differs from mainstream/traditional Protestants. Several sermons related to the free book are also available: Protestant, Baptist, and CCOG History; The First Protestant, God’s Command, Grace, & Character; The New Testament, Martin Luther, and the Canon; Eucharist, Passover, and Easter; Views of Jews, Lost Tribes, Warfare, & Baptism; Scripture vs. Tradition, Sabbath vs. Sunday; Church Services, Sunday, Heaven, and God’s Plan; Seventh Day Baptists/Adventists/Messianics: Protestant or COG?; Millennial Kingdom of God and God’s Plan of Salvation; Crosses, Trees, Tithes, and Unclean Meats; The Godhead and the Trinity; Fleeing or Rapture?; and Ecumenism, Rome, and CCOG Differences.
Cross-dressing and other assaults against your children. What should you do? Is there an agenda to turn your children and/or grandchildren away from biblical morality and towards practices promoted by homosexuals? What does the Bible teach about cross-dressing? What should parents do? If there is an agenda, what has been going on? There are also videos related to this, titled Transgender ‘Woe to those who call evil good’, Cross dressing and Other Assaults Against Your Children, Disney’s abominable promotions!, USA pushing gender confusion, and New Transgender Study.
The Bible Condemns Homosexuality “Same-sex marriage” for “gays” and lesbians is becoming more acceptable to many. What does the Bible teach about homosexuality and the LGBTQ agenda? Can homosexuals change? A related video sermon is titled: What Does the Bible Really Teach about Homosexuality? A short video is available titled: Gay Gene? Born That Way?
Where is the True Christian Church Today? This free online pdf booklet answers that question and includes 18 proofs, clues, and signs to identify the true vs. false Christian church. Plus 7 proofs, clues, and signs to help identify Laodicean churches. A related sermon is also available: Where is the True Christian Church? Here is a link to the booklet in the Spanish language: ¿Dónde está la verdadera Iglesia cristiana de hoy? Here is a link in the German language: WO IST DIE WAHRE CHRISTLICHE KIRCHE HEUTE? Here is a link in the French language: Où est la vraie Église Chrétienne aujourd’hui?
Continuing History of the Church of God This pdf booklet is a historical overview of the true Church of God and some of its main opponents from Acts 2 to the 21st century. Related sermon links include Continuing History of the Church of God: c. 31 to c. 300 A.D. and Continuing History of the Church of God: 4th-16th Centuries and Continuing History of the Church of God: 17th-20th Centuries. The booklet is available in Spanish: Continuación de la Historia de la Iglesia de Dios, German: Kontinuierliche Geschichte der Kirche Gottes, French: L Histoire Continue de l Église de Dieu and Ekegusii Omogano Bw’ekanisa Ya Nyasae Egendererete.
Mary, the Mother of Jesus and the Apparitions Do you know much about Mary? Are the apparitions real? What happened at Fatima? What might they mean for the rise of the ecumenical religion of Antichrist? Are Protestants moving towards Mary? How do the Eastern/Greek Orthodox view Mary? How might Mary view her adorers? Here is a link to a YouTube video Marian Apparitions May Fulfill Prophecy.
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