Marriage & Family
Lutheran CORE will...
- Monitor the implementation of the Orlando churchwide assembly decision on human sexuality by synods and churchwide leaders;
- Prepare model resolutions for synodical assemblies on marriage, the family, and human sexuality. Such resolutions will lift up the Biblical understanding of marriage as a gift from God;
- Participate actively in the development of a proposed social statement on sexuality. We will sponsor conferences and seminars and will prepare theological papers related to marriage, family, and human sexuality.
Resources
- A Response from Lutheran CORE to the Draft Statement on Human Sexuality by former bishops Kenneth Sauer and Paull Spring
- Some Questions and Answers about the ELCA Sexuality Discussions
- Keeping Faith - the arguments that support upholding the biblical norms for sexuality
- Carl Braaten's A Critique of the "Draft Social Statement on Human Sexuality"
- Robert Benne also has a response to the ELCA draft social statement on First Things' blog - A Sexual Ethic for Teletubbies, or Lutherans Embrace a Formless World
- What Are They Talking About? #1, review of ELCA draft social statement on sexuality by Pr. Jonathan Jenkins
- What Are They Talking About? #2 review of ELCA draft social statement on sexuality by Pr. Jonathan Jenkins
- Pastoral Letter on the Continuing Discussion in the ELCA Concerning Homosexuality by Pr. Tom Renquist
Links to other pertinent documents
- Sexuality: Some Common Convictions (ELCA Church Council Message, 1996)
- Sex, Marriage, and Family (Lutheran Church in America, 1970)
- Human Sexuality and Sexual Behavior (American Lutheran Church, 1980)
- Teachings and Practice on Marriage, Divorce, and Remarriage (American Lutheran Church, 1982)
- Vision and Expectations (ELCA standards for rostered leaders)
- Definition and Guidelines for Discipline (ELCA guidelines for discipline)