Why Are We Counting the Days?
See the countdown box to the right. 2×2 Foundation, which grew from Redeemer’s ministry, is counting the days to the third anniversary of the Southeastern Pennsylvania Synod of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America’s excommunication of all Lutherans in East Falls so that they could take our property and assets as their own.
We are marking the occasion with the issuance of our annual report which will include a report of our 50 visits to other SEPA churches.
Nine months after they locked our doors, SEPA’s Synod Council, with no constitutional authority or any contact with Redeemer members, voted to officially close our congregation. We found out a year later when we Googled our name. SEPA’s idea of working with us! Perhaps all churches should Google their names to see if they are open!
Why these actions do not outrage SEPA Lutherans passes all understanding. The Gospel is totally abandoned when the subject of Redeemer comes up.
‘Truly, I say to you, as you did it to one of the least of these my brothers, you did it to me.’ — Matthew 25:40
Redeemer is not closed. Redeemer is locked out of God’s House by SEPA Synod.
We look forward to sharing our annual report three weeks from today.