Recognising that consensus will be elusive, the ELCA’s changes allow flexibility for congregations that disapprove.
All seminarians who have not taken examinations were told to return to their respective dioceses or congregations within three days, Church sources said.
Puritanism is based on autonomy of local congregations, simplicity of worship, asceticism, egalitarianism, and a call to the past with restoration of original values through purification.
At least a dozen congregations have already left to join Lutheran congregations in Mission for Christ, a small association of conservative churches.
In medieval celebrations, congregations would walk in a procession after mass, following a priest holding a crucifix or candle.
In May 2007, 11 ultra-conservative congregations from Northern Virginia bolted from the Episcopal Church and joined forces with the Anglican Church of Nigeria, led by Archbishop Peter Akinola.
Other Christian societies total about 4.5% (the Evangelical Lutheran Free Church, the Catholic Church, Pentecostal congregations, the Methodist Church, etc.).
It provides space for large-scale sports events, art performances and congregations in the district, indicating that the construction of spiritual civilization and development of sports industry in the Daya Bay district have taken a new step.
German photographer Florian Schulz said the scope of the ray congregations was unknown until he and a pilot happened upon the gathering while searching for migrating whales.
Although many of its early graduates became ministers in Puritan congregations throughout New England.
The Holy Redeemer Lutheran Church in San Jose, California, shares its building with four other congregations, including Korean and Vietnamese Baptists.
