ELCA vs Wels:
I have been confused and trying to find out the difference between WELS and ELCA what are the real differences in your opinion?
Last Modified: 12/06/2005 16:24:22 |
Main Differences with other Lutheran Bodies:
What does WELS see as the main differences between its Doctrine and the Doctrine of the LCMS and the ELCA?
Last Modified: 11/25/2005 08:54:51 |
A Conversation with an ELCA female pastor:
If you had the opportunity to have a conversation with a female ELCA pastor, and explain to her in Christian love why we understand Scripture to reserve the office of the Pastoral ...
Last Modified: 08/01/2005 16:26:47 |
ELCA communion:
My friend goes to an ELCA church. He told me that they believe that the bread and wine only represent Christ's body and blood. Also he said that for the ones who wish to not drin...
Last Modified: 07/07/2005 12:48:47 |
women pastors:
My ELCA friend says there is nothing scriptural that prevents women from becoming ordained pastors. I disagree. However, I need some backing from Scripture that says only men c...
Last Modified: 07/06/2005 15:49:10 |
The Rosary:
Thank you for being a true beacon of Orthodox Lutheran Christianity. How do I respond to folks who, while proclaiming themselves to be Lutheran, also advocate using a rosary?...
Last Modified: 06/24/2005 13:03:05 |
Abortion:
I have been told by students in a mixed Lutheran University that ELCA churches have payed for members' abortions. Is this a practice true, or even a possibility. This leads me ...
Last Modified: 06/21/2005 11:22:23 |
Comparison:
Could you please answer several questions about WELS teaching? I wrote these same questions to an ELCA q&a sight and I need to compare the answers they gave me. 1. Is any sex o...
Last Modified: 06/06/2005 13:20:52 |
Gay & Lesbian Pastors:
I was saddened to read on the Fox News website that the ELCA is considering or is now allowing Gays and Lesbians to become Pastors in their churches. I am extremely thankful the W...
Last Modified: 05/02/2005 08:29:43 |
participating in a ELCA wedding service:
I was recently asked by my brother in law and his fiance to be a reader in their wedding. They are being married in an ELCA church. I know it is wrong to practice religion with oth...
Last Modified: 04/09/2005 12:55:50 |
conservatism in ELCA?:
I hear that some ELCA churches are very conservative and that they hold to the same beliefs as WELS. I've also heard there is a conservative element within ELCA called WORDALONE t...
Last Modified: 04/04/2005 15:03:46 |
WELS ELCA comparison:
Do you feel this is an adequate explanation? http://www.answers.com/main/ntquery;jsessionid=41sjdrnelrbh6?method=4&dsid=2222&dekey=Wisconsin+Evangelical+Lutheran+Synod&gwp=8&curta...
Last Modified: 03/25/2005 11:02:01 |
Antichrist:
Does the ELCA accept that the papacy is the antichrist? I could not find it anywhere on their Web site.
Last Modified: 03/17/2005 08:22:13 |
seminary teachings: Braaten & Jensen:
Recently I read (on your website) a Q&A about three things the ELCA rejects. The answer continued to refer to 3 texts used in ELCA seminaries (Braaten&Jensen, Beck, and Jersild). I...
Last Modified: 02/12/2005 13:04:42 |
Unionism:
I have great respect for WELS and its steadfast resistance to any hint of the unionism which has infected the ELCA like a bacillus. Even so, I was wondering why WELS does not appo...
Last Modified: 02/03/2005 07:09:45 |
What IS Going On Among the "Lutherans"?:
In a previous Q & A, you cited the book: What Is Going on Among Lutherans? by Patsy A. Leppien and J. Kincaid Smith (Milwaukee: Northwestern Publishing House, 1992). I remember r...
Last Modified: 01/31/2005 11:40:48 |
homosexual:
I am interested to know what position WELS takes regarding today's news regarding the position of the Evangelical Lutheran Church on homosexuality in the clergy. In fact I would l...
Last Modified: 01/29/2005 07:56:43 |
religon:
I am 18 years old and I am part off the ELCA Lutheran church. I was born and raised lutheran. I have a few questions for you. Not to long ago I as dating someone who was of the WEL...
Last Modified: 01/10/2005 09:18:08 |
Difference in beliefs:
Can you tell me the difference between what WELS/ELS and ELCA believe and practice.
Last Modified: 12/09/2004 08:14:53 |
Difference in ELCA, WELS and others:
I am wondering: if you are ELCA in Lutheran religion, is it ok to begin going to a new church that is WELS instead? We are having a problem with the church we are at now that is EL...
Last Modified: 11/18/2004 11:10:25 |