Extraordinary Lutheran Ministries (ELM) is committed to the full participation of persons of all sexual orientations and gender identities in the life and ministry of the Lutheran church.

The Rev. Anita Hill

Anita was ordained on April 28, 2001. She has been on staff at St. Paul-Reformation since 1994. In addition, she served as Ministry Associate of Wingspan Ministry of the congregation from 1982-90. Some of her other professional experience includes five years as a diversity trainer for Family Service of St. Paul and as an AIDS ministry advocate for two years at Lutheran Social Services of Minnesota. Anita has served on the ELCA Task Force on Human Sexuality. She has been a member of the Saint Paul Area Synod Board for Church and Society.

Anita is known through the region and the U.S. for her integrity, compassion and pastoral identity as she has worked to advocate for the full inclusion of marginalized peoples into the mainstream of our society. Anita has an M.A. degree in Religious Studies and M. Div. Degree from United Theological Seminary of the Twin Cities. She is highly accepted and trusted, as a lesbian woman in ministry, by a wide spectrum of people in our congregation, community and throughout the nation.

Anita is a part of the pastoral staff of Wingspan Ministry and represents them on the Good Soil Consensus Circle.

Liberating Faith: Religious Voices for Justice, Peace, and Ecological Wisdom (Paperback - 2003)

Anita contributed to two articles in this book: "Rituals of Healing: Ministry with and on Behalf of Gay and Lesbian People"

Edited: Roger S. Gottlier

Call To Witness (Film - 2006)

Offering insight into the current struggles over sexuality within organized religion, Pam Walton's groundbreaking documentary tells the stories of three openly gay and lesbian Midwestern Lutheran pastors who have taken a stand against their own church. The film clearly and skillfully outlines the contradictions within a church that supposedly welcomes lesbians and gay men -- but at the same time condemns them.

Starring: Steve Sabin, Jane Ralph, Jeff Johnson, Anita Hill, Phillis Zillhart, Ruth Frost ...
Director: Pam Walton
Genre: Documentary/Religion

This Obedience (Film - 2003)
More of the terrors of straight society are represented in Jamie A. Lee and Dawn Mikkelson's THIS Obedience, which tracks attempts by some enlightened parishioners and pastors to overcome the ECLA's policy against the ordination of otherwise qualified gays and lesbians who refuse to take a vow of celibacy. What is this endless hetero obsession with the fucking methods of homos? As so often in these cases, the queers come off as logical and intelligent, while the hand-wringing heteros (and perhaps some closet cases) defend the old ways with increasing feebleness. At the center of the drama is Anita C. Hill, a charismatic pioneer whose refusal to step aside gives heft to this drama.

Genres:	Documentary, Religion