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  1. pantingdeer

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  3. KagomeShuko

    ELCA Bishops . . .

    I know a lot about the ELCA since I grew up in it and I still go to an ELCA church when I am able to get out to my home church now where I feel like I belong, but I was asked, and I don't know, do ELCA bishops of synods and such still have home congregations where they serve on Sundays? Or...
    • KagomeShuko
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    • administerial bishop bishops congregation elca pastor
    • Replies: 5
    • Forum: ELCA / ELCIC
  4. Tone

    Why do people "do church" in "sanctuaries", which are patterned after the old covenant?

    If the Law is done away with, why are there cathedrals, sanctuaries, and other church edifices wherein religious ceremonies are enacted after the pattern of the old priesthood, or even, pagan rites? Doesn't the book of Acts establish a whole new way of being followers of Messiah?
    • Tone
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    • ceremony church congregation lord's supper priesthood religious rites temple
    • Replies: 37
    • Forum: Sabbath and The Law
  5. My Brother's Keeper

    The Offering/Collection Plate and the Traditions of Men

    I see and hear so many convoluted ideas surrounding the offering/collection plate that's passed around every Sunday in most Christian congregations. Many people associate it with tithing. Literally, a tithe is a tenth. Hebrews 7 refers to the spoils given to Melchizedek, king and priest of...
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