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So if anyone is in Christ, there is a new creation: Everything old has
passed away….All this is from God, who reconciled us through Christ to God,
and has given us the ministry of reconciliation. – 2 Corinthians 5:17-18
As followers of Christ, who calls us to reconciliation and wholeness, we,
the members of Lutheran Church of Christ the Redeemer, welcome all who are
seeking God. Further, we welcome into membership all who have been baptized
into Christ.
Believing that all are one in Christ Jesus, and aware that gay, lesbian,
bisexual and transgender persons have been excluded from membership in some
congregations, we welcome gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender persons, as
well as those who may have been excluded because of other human
distinctions, such as race, economic status, or gender. We thus affirm that
this welcome includes all people. We pledge to ourselves and to all others
that we will strive to live as a reconciling people, in our life together
and in our outreach to the world.
There is no longer Jew or Greek, there is no longer slave or free, there
is no longer male and female; for all of you are one in Christ Jesus. -
Galatians 3:28 |