Annotated Bibliography on Homosexuality Available Online
The Division for Ministry assembled an annotated bibliography on the topic of Christianity and homosexuality in 2001. The bibliography was prepared in response to a request from the presidents of the ELCA’s seminaries, but the Division for Ministry is solely responsible for the bibliography.

Final Study on Sexuality Issues Available Dec. 1, 2006
by Roger A. Willer
It invites participation of congregations and other ministry communities to engage in a process of discernment and deliberation around a wide range of social concerns relating to human sexuality.

Highlights of the Sexuality Study Process
News stories, statements, and other relevant texts related to the ELCA Studies on Sexuality from a variety of sources.

Homosexuality, Conscience, and the Reformation
by Scott H. Hendrix
A comparison of the idea of “bound consciences” reveals that the meaning is different today from what the sixteenth-century reformers meant by it.

Sexuality Studies: Thoughts on Recommendation One
by Charles H. Borgstadt, Audrey D. Forbes, Mary Carol Strug, and Martin D. Wells
Four rostered leaders deliberate on “finding ways to live together faithfully in the midst of our disagreements.”

What’s at Stake in Our Sexuality Debate?
by William B. Trexler and Gretchen E. Ritola
Two parish pastors analyze how this debate may be defining what it means to be “church” in our time.