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Post by M. Hawbaker on Aug 9, 2019 14:26:27 GMT
The Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA), today at the 2019 ELCA Churchwide Assembly declared itself a Sanctuary Denomination, dedicated to serving and supporting the protection of migrants in communities nationwide. The ELCA is the first mainstream church body in America to declare itself a sanctuary denomination. The movement was spearheaded by the Metropolitan New York Synod (MNYS), one of the 65 synods of the ELCA.
By its vote, the ELCA Churchwide Assembly deemed that sanctuary means not only provision of shelter but also:
A response to raids, detentions, deportations, and the criminalization of immigrants and refugees; A strategy to fight individual cases of deportation, to advocate for an end of mass detention, and to amplify immigrant voices; A vision for what communities and the world can be; and A moral imperative to take prophetic action of radical hospitality rooted in the ancient traditions of our faith communities.
Working locally with organizations like Lutheran Immigration and Refugee Service, Lutheran Social Services, The New Sanctuary Coalition, The New York Immigration Coalition, and the ELCA's AMMPARO program, the MNYS has created a network of sanctuary congregations ready to help protect refugees and undocumented people from arrest and deportation. The pillars of the program lie in education, advocacy, and awareness.
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Post by barb43 on Aug 9, 2019 16:26:55 GMT
The Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA), today at the 2019 ELCA Churchwide Assembly declared itself a Sanctuary Denomination . . .
By its vote, the ELCA Churchwide Assembly deemed that sanctuary means not only provision of shelter but also:
A moral imperative to take prophetic action of radical hospitality rooted in the ancient traditions of our faith communities. I'd don't have the biblical, historical, or present-day knowledge to dissect this sentence, bit by bit, to see what ELCA is really proposing, but, this strikes me as a call to disorder while hiding behind scripture.
More and more, over the past nearly-20 years, I've become a really big supporter of I Cor 14:40 Let all things be done decently and in order.
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Post by M. Hawbaker on Aug 9, 2019 16:48:55 GMT
Liberals like to point to the parts of the Old Testament Law that required Israel to accept those foreigners who wished to join Israelite society and to treat them well. They tend to ignore those other parts of the Law that requires those foreigners to convert to the Jewish faith and fully assimilate into Israel's society.
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