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Compelled by the gospel of Jesus Christ to seek justice, Extraordinary Lutheran Ministries (ELM) expands ministry opportunities for people of all sexual orientations and gender identities in the Lutheran church.
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Extraordinary Lutheran Ministries (ELM) seeks to expand ministry opportunities for people of all sexual orientations and gender identities called to serve God as clergy and rostered leaders.
Since 1990, ELM has credentialed pastors for ministry, worked with Lutheran congregations to open their calls to members of the ELM roster, and provided direct financial grants to fund this ministry. Since the changes in the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America's ministry policies in 2009, ELM has focused on supporting the transition of ELM pastors to the ELCA roster and continued its work with non-ELCA pastors. ELM has provided over $800,000 for ministry by openly gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender pastors since 1995 and will provide nearly $80,000 in 2010.
In the future, ELM will continue to support people of all sexual orientations and gender identities called to serve God as ordained pastors and rostered leaders throughout the Lutheran church. ELM is funded by donations from individuals and congregations. God's work is alive in our ministry today - and each gift to ELM makes that ministry happen.
We will be making major updates to our website this fall - please check back!
Out of the Extraordinary: Benefit Album:
The project, titled Out of the Extraordinary is a compilation album project to raise visibility of the issue of ordination of gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgender, queer (GLBTQ) pastors and raise funds for scholarships and debt relief for the GLBTQ pastors that have chosen to be or have been forced outside of the ELCA roster of pastors.
The CD includes a range of LGBT, Lutheran and other supporters. It includes the Indigo Girls, Sara Thomsen, Jonathan Rundman, Richard Colligan, Dakota Road, Bread for the Journey, Judy Fjell (former LLGM board member), David Maxon (son of LLGM board member Ellen Maxon), Agape (Lutheran hip-hop artist), The San Francisco Gay Men's Chorus and The Transcendence Gospel Choir, among others who have donated songs to the project. Learn more...
Our Journey to Become Extraordinary Lutheran Ministires:
Learn more about how Lutheran Lesbian & Gay Ministries, the Extraordinary Candidacy Project and the Extraordinary Candidacy Project Roster became Extraordinary Lutheran Ministries. Learn more and read our founding documents...
Our Benefit Album
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