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Canada Is Extraordinary, Too!
Abstract: Holy Cross in Newmarket, Ontario calls Lionel Ketola as associate pastor. Ordination in May.
On Sunday, April 20, Holy Cross Lutheran in Newmarket, Ontario voted to call Lionel Ketola as associate pastor. Holy Cross is the first Evangelical Lutheran Church in Canada (ELCIC) congregation to call a pastor from the roster of Extraordinary Lutheran Ministries.
The call violates a discriminatory ELCIC policy which excludes “self-declared and practicing homosexuals” from the office of ordained ministry. Among his duties as Associate Pastor, Pr. Ketola will serve as Ambassador of Reconciliation within the Eastern Synod and beyond to the ELCIC. As an Ambassador of Reconciliation, Lionel will work to promote the full inclusion of lesbian, bisexual, gay and trans-gendered people in the life of the ELCIC.
Lionel will be ordained extra ordinem on Friday May 16 th at 7:30 pm at Trinity United Church in Newmarket.
