http://www.jsonline.com/features/religion/61599802.html
[Milwaukee-Winsconsin Journal-Sentinel] 26 Sep 2009--Dozens of Lutheran pastors and church leaders from around the state, all troubled by the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America's recent vote to allow gay clergy, are in Indiana this weekend for a national meeting organizers say could "reshape Lutheranism in North America."
With 63 people, Wisconsin represents the fifth-largest contingent of about 1,200 people pre-registered to attend the suburban Indianapolis meeting, where the reform group Lutheran CORE will propose the creation of a new, free-standing synod in line with their views of homosexuality as sin.
Pastor Mark Knappe of Gloria Dei Lutheran Church in Menomonee Falls, speaking by cell phone en route to the Indianapolis suburb of Fishers, said he wasn't sure what he expects from the meeting.
"We're hoping there's some kind of guidance and structure," said Knappe, who voted against allowing gay clergy at the ELCA's 2009 Churchwide Assembly in Minneapolis last month.
"CORE is trying to chart some course in terms of being faithful to the orthodox witness" of the church.
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