Wednesday, May 14, 2008

Toronto-area Lutheran church to ordain gay minister

Charles Lewis, National Post
Wednesday, May 14, 2008

A Toronto-area Lutheran church parish plans on ordaining a married gay man despite warnings it is breaking church teachings and it will face disciplinary action, including expulsion, if it goes ahead.

Lionel Ketola will be ordained Friday night by a non-traditional American Lutheran group that ordains gay candidates. Their ordinations are not officially recognized in Canada or the United States. But despite that, he will then be hired by Holy Cross Lutheran Church in Newmarket, Ont., as an associate pastor, where he has interned for the past two years. Members of Holy Cross will also take part in the ordination ceremony. the rest

2 Comments:

At 7:43 PM, Blogger Queers United said...

wonderful news

http://www.queersunited.blogspot.com

 
At 8:04 PM, Anonymous Anonymous said...

To post # 1

I have a dream that my four little children will one day live in a nation where they will not be judged by the color of their skin but by the content of their character.

Martin Luther King

NB: Judgements are ok, so long as they are based on character. In fact judgments based on character, i.e, behavior, is what God is ultimately about.

 

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