Lutheran Women's Caucus

Lutheran Women's Caucus

The Lutheran Women's Caucus (LWC) was organized by women in the Missouri Synod in the 1960s and opened up to other synods in the 1970s, during the second wave of American feminism. [ [http://books.google.com/books?id=we2KvdT3zOsC&pg=PA317&lpg=PA317&dq=%22lutheran+women's+caucus%22&source=web&ots=YVVcpqpv43&sig=QkYp9Pf3jL0q4vu3JGP2AhDE3to#PPA318,M1 The Encyclopedia of Women and Religion in North America] by Rosemary Skinner Keller, Rosemary Radford Ruether, Marie Cantlon] The purpose of the LWC was to support the ordination of women in the Lutheran church. [ [http://books.google.com/books?id=we2KvdT3zOsC&pg=PA317&lpg=PA317&dq=%22lutheran+women's+caucus%22&source=web&ots=YVVcpqpv43&sig=QkYp9Pf3jL0q4vu3JGP2AhDE3to#PPA318,M1 The Encyclopedia of Women and Religion in North America] by Rosemary Skinner Keller, Rosemary Radford Ruether, Marie Cantlon] Marie Meyer (b. 1938) was responsible for organizing the caucus. [ [http://books.google.com/books?id=we2KvdT3zOsC&pg=PA317&lpg=PA317&dq=%22lutheran+women's+caucus%22&source=web&ots=YVVcpqpv43&sig=QkYp9Pf3jL0q4vu3JGP2AhDE3to#PPA318,M1 The Encyclopedia of Women and Religion in North America] by Rosemary Skinner Keller, Rosemary Radford Ruether, Marie Cantlon] The Evangelical Lutheran Church of America (ELCA) soon began to ordain women in the 1970s, leaving the primary cause of feminists who were within both the Women's Caucus and ELCA without a primary focus for members, though caucus members of the Missouri Synod continued to be active. Since the mid-1980s, 85% of American and Canadian Lutherans are members of the ELCA or ELCIC. [ [http://books.google.com/books?id=we2KvdT3zOsC&pg=PA317&lpg=PA317&dq=%22lutheran+women's+caucus%22&source=web&ots=YVVcpqpv43&sig=QkYp9Pf3jL0q4vu3JGP2AhDE3to#PPA318,M1 The Encyclopedia of Women and Religion in North America] by Rosemary Skinner Keller, Rosemary Radford Ruether, Marie Cantlon]

Today, the Lutheran Women's Caucus supports abortion rights, and is a member of the Religious Coalition for Reproductive Choice. [ [http://www.rcrc.org/about/members.cfm RCRC.org] ]

External links

* [http://www.googlesyndicatedsearch.com/u/ELCAorg?q=%22lutheran+women's+caucus%22 Newsletters of the LWC]
* [http://search.nwnews.com/index.php?q=lutheran+women%27s+caucus&go.x=0&go.y=0&go=Search Puget Sound LWC Meetings]

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