Church of Norway apologizes to LGBTQ+ community for 'discrimination and harassment'
“The church in Norway has caused LGBTQ+ people shame, great harm, and pain," presiding bishop Olav Fykse Tveitat said.
October 17, 2025
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Chicago Lutheran Church Ordains Lesbian
A Lutheran church in Chicago has ordained a lesbian who refuses to take a vow of celibacy, becoming the first to test a new resolution that gives bishops leeway in disciplining such violations. The Evangelical Lutheran Church in America requires vows of celibacy for gay but not for heterosexual clergy -- a policy the Reverend Jen Rude, 27, calls discriminatory. Chicago's bishop, Wayne Miller, did not try to block Rude's ordination at Resurrection Lutheran Church on Saturday, but he also didn't attend the ceremony. While he has said he believes the celibacy rule should reversed, he also has urged bishops to follow rules set by the church.
November 20, 2007
Evangelical Lutheran Church Elects First Transgender Bishop
The Rev. Dr. Megan Rohrer will be bishop of the Sierra Pacific Synod, covering parts of California and Nevada.
May 10, 2021
Evangelical Lutheran Church Elects First Openly Gay Bishop
Guy Erwin is also the denomination's first Native American bishop.
June 1, 2013
Evangelical Lutheran Church Ordains Its First Trans Pastor
'There's no need to choose between living life as your fullest self and belonging to a community of faith,' says Asher O'Callaghan.
July 6, 2015
Atlanta Lutheran church keeps gay pastor at center of celibacy battle
With hugs and cheers Sunday, members of Atlanta's oldest Lutheran church celebrated the pastor at the center of a battle over the treatment of gay clergy in the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America.
August 11, 2007
Gay Man Denied Wedding in His Iowa Church After Parishioners Voted No
The congregation at Salem Lutheran Church in Lake Mills, Iowa, could have voted to amend the church's constitution to allow same-sex marriages but didn't.
May 2, 2019
Meet the transgender Lutheran pastor preaching acceptance: 'Nothing is wrong with you'
Drew Stever, a minister in the Evangelical Lutheran Church, is one of the few out transgender clergy members to be ordained by a Christian institution.
October 4, 2024
Lutherans air concerns over easing ban on gay clergy
Members of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America are debating what direction their denomination should take in the struggle over ordaining gays and blessing same-sex couples.
August 10, 2005
Lutheran pastor removed over same-sex relationship
Officials with the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America said Thursday they are removing a gay minister who announced he has a partner while calling for an end to the ban on sexually active gay clergy.
February 9, 2007
Lutheran Group Addresses Marriage Issue
A task force drafting a statement on sexuality for the nation's largest Lutheran group said Thursday that the church should continue defining marriage as the union of one man and one woman. However, the panel did not condemn same-gender relationships. The committee expressed regret that historic Lutheran teachings have been used to hurt gays and lesbians, and acknowledged that some congregations already accept same-sex couples.
March 14, 2008
Lutheran pastor calls for removal of celibacy requirement for gay clergy
Lutheran pastor
Wayne Miller of Aurora, Ill., who will soon become bishop
of the Metropolitan Chicago Synod, is calling for his
denomination to remove a celibacy requirement for gay
and lesbian clergy, reports the Chicago Sun-Times. "That's where I think the church is
going," said Miller. "That's where I think it needs to go."
July 27, 2007
