I've been an AAL/Thrivent member my entire 64+ years. I was employed by AAL for almost 15 years. I was not in favor of AAL merging with Lutheran Brotherhood (mainly because of the theological differences between the majority of the members of those two organizations), and I was opposed to the recent change from serving Lutherans to all Christians (ditto). But, having said that, I'm still a member because I don't think there's a better company for insurance and investments and it's charitable giving as a not-for-profit fraternal benefit society. I will definitely tell them how disappointed I am with these developments. The company is simply not the Lutheran Fraternal it started out to be and that's the fault of the membership through the democratic process. ---I will certainly encourage them to immediately return to supporting Lutherans for Life and other pro-life causes and I pray that all other like minded Thrivent members do the same.