In reply to Rev Mark Nieting.

My apologies for the term "wackos." It was poorly chosen in the heat of the frustration over such a basic issue as Christians and the lives of unborn children.

I will instead refer to an well-researched and in-depth article in the most recent volume (77) of the Concordia Theological Quarterly, where the author refers to Resolution 3-21A, passed at the LCMS 2001 Synodical Convention, reading: the ELCA is no longer an Orthodox Lutheran church body. Neither is it a heterodox Lutheran body. Instead, the ELCA is a homodox, ecclesial corporation teaching itself as gospel.