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It's Pronounced 'EE-ELL-EMM'
Abstract: The merger of LLGM and ECP is complete and Extraordinary Lutheran Ministries is launched.
On October 31, Extraordinary Lutheran Ministries (ELM) having worked out its difficulties with the legal requirement that its leaders be identified as chairmen and not chairpersons made its debut by launching www.elm.org.
The new organization is a merger of Lutheran Lesbian & Gay Ministries (LLGM) and the Extraordinary Candidacy Project (ECP), and it's mission is:
...to create, empower, and sustain a growing number of faith communities that are committed to the full participation of people of all sexual orientations and gender identities in the life and ministry of the Lutheran church.
ELM is a national non-profit that credentials and rosters openly gay, lesbian, bisexual, and transgender people for ministry; supports these pastors by working with congregations that will call them and providing mission grants to support their ministry; and provides a network of support to the congregations and pastors.
A statement outlining the theological rationale for the new organization's work was also released.
