Update on the Lutheran CORE Convocation

Paull Spring, chair of the Lutheran CORE Steering Committee, reported in a Sept. 4th letter that the response to the Convocation in Fishers, Ind., was so overwhelming that the gathering would likely have to be moved to a larger church in the Indianapolis area. The convocation has since been moved to Holy Spirit Parish at Geist, Fisher, Ind., because more than 1,200 people are expected to attend.

Spring wrote that Lutheran CORE intends to be:

   * A confessional and confessing movement, rooted in Scripture, creeds, and confessions, open to all Lutherans in North America
   * A churchly community, grounded in Word and sacrament and congregational mission
   * A free-standing synod, carrying out synodical ministries, apart from the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America
   * An umbrella group for other Lutheran reform movements
   * A coalition of synods, congregations, individuals, and reform movements both within and outside the ELCA

In addition to consideration of a constitution, Spring wrote that four implementing resolutions will be proposed to the gathering. The fourth resolution is:

“That the Steering Committee be authorized to initiate conversations among the congregations and reform movements in Lutheran CORE and with Lutheran Congregations in Mission for Christ and other compatible churchly organizations, leading toward a possible re-configuration of North American Lutheranism, whether through existing or newly created structures; and that the Steering Committee present a report and recommendations to the 2010 convocation of Lutheran CORE.”

The full letter is available at: http://www.lutherancore.org/papers/spring_pre_convoc_ltr.shtml

(via WordAlone)