| Pastor on Trial - Timeline
Timeline of events since charges filed on August 8th: (last updated August 12, 2006)
August 13: Excerpts from Pastor Schmeling's Sermon
August 12: Creation of Pastor on Trial Resource Center at www.straightintogayamerica.com
August 10: LCNA (Lutherans Concerned North America) shares news of Bishop Warren's charges with LCNA membership.
No news found at the official ELCA website. (Read the LCNA announcement)
August 8: Bishop Ronald Warren of the ELCA's Southeastern Synod files charges against Pastor Bradley Schmeling.
After a lengthy process of prayerful discernment, today I filed charges against The Rev. Bradley E. Schmeling, presently serving as pastor of St. John’s Lutheran Church, Atlanta, GA. Pastor Schmeling has admitted to me that he is in violation of ELCA "Definitions and Guidelines for Discipline..." for ordained ministers. Specifically, Pastor Schmeling disclosed to me that he is in a sexual relationship with an adult male. He has declined my requests for his resignations from his call to St. John’s Lutheran Church and the ELCA clergy roster. (Read the full Pastoral Letter of Dislosure)
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