The Evangelical Lutheran Church in America's own governing document, dated December 2014, defining conduct incompatible with the character of the ministerial office for rostered ministers. It names adultery, infidelity, casual sexual relationships, promiscuity, the sexual abuse of another, and the misuse of the pastoral relationship for sexual activity as grounds for discipline, which can include removal from the roster.
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Reliability tier 2: the denomination's own governing document on ministerial discipline, hosted on a synod website rather than the churchwide organization's own domain, and its exact wording on sexual misconduct was confirmed through search indexing of the document rather than a directly rendered copy. NotesTier 2: the denomination's own account of its ministerial discipline standards, useful as the church's own governing text but not an outside body's finding about its practice.
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AuthorEvangelical Lutheran Church in America
PublisherEvangelical Lutheran Church in America
Publication Year2014
URLhttps://www.lss-elca.org/wp-content/uploads/Definitions_and_Guidelines_2020.pdf
Source TypeOfficial doctrinal statement
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