Lutheran leader participated in the ordination of a lesbian as a minister. Both Van Gogh and Gauguin painted to resolve spiritual issues, links unknown until a UCLA scholar came along. A daylong seminar on ways to bring peace to the Holy Land will be held Sunday at UCLA by a coalition of liberal Jewish peace activists, Muslim organizations and Christians. A series of lectures in L.A. will air controversial view. Rev. Jon Bruno in November.
Numbers swell with each passing generation, the report finds.
Many join Protestant denominations. The mistaken killing of a missionary and her daughter in Peru underscores the serious peril that many face. Believers say that fearlessness is the essence of their calling. Declaring he could no longer stand on the sidelines, a Los Angeles Lutheran bishop has defied his church's constitution and joined in ordaining a lesbian as a minister in the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America. The last time Athena Macapagal made headlines on the University of British Columbia campus was when she worked with controversial antiabortion activists to erect giant grisly photos of aborted fetuses.