Minn. Pastor Parts with Congregation Over Homosexuality

A Little Falls, Minn., pastor recently spoke out about his decision to resign after his congregation rejected a motion to leave the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America.

The Rev. Nate Bjorge told the Brainerd Dispatch that First Lutheran Church’s vote last month to stay in the ELCA called into question his effectiveness as a pastor.

“I was extremely disheartened,” Bjorge told the local newspaper as he recalled the Oct. 11 vote. “I haven’t been angry by this whole process. Sad might be a better word.” more >>

By Lillian Kwon on November 24,2009