Changing the church through the ministry of publicly-identified LGBTQ Lutheran rostered leaders
Extraordinary Lutheran Ministries (ELM) expands ministry opportunities for publicly-identified lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer (LGBTQ) people called to serve God as clergy and rostered lay leaders.
Extraordinary Lutheran Ministries approaches our mission in these three ways:
- by building a network of publicly-identified LGBTQ rostered leaders who are committed to changing the church through justice-based ministry;
- by creating a system of accompaniment for LGBTQ people going through Lutheran candidacy; and
- by continuing to provide financial resources to LGBTQ-led congregations and ministries.
LGBTQ rostered leaders know what it’s like to be on the margins of the church. Through their ministry, these leaders are poised to offer an evangelical outreach to all people longing to be connected. This is the church we all seek to become: outreach to the poor; justice for the oppressed; care for the sick, the homeless and the lonely; love for those on the margins: a message that there is room for all.
ELM is funded by donations from individuals and congregations. God’s work is alive in our ministry today – and each gift to ELM makes that ministry happen.
