Lutheran defectors plan new church body: May expedite launch
Lutheran dissidents said in late September they would hunker down for a year and study whether to leave the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Amer ica and create a new church body. But in mid-November, Lutheran CORE (Co alition for Renewal) announced that such a body will likely be necessary sooner. “What happened was the idea of a discussion for a year became kind of scary for people who want to leave now,” said David Baer, a CORE spokesperson and pastor of an ELCA church in Whitewood, South Dakota.