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Ebenezer Lutheran Church
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Location678 Portola Drive, San Francisco, California

herchurch is another name used for the Ebenezer Lutheran Church in San Francisco, a congregation within the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA). The church is a member of the San Francisco Council of Lutheran Churches. [1] [2] The church was founded on August 10, 1882, by Augustana Lutheran minister Johannes Telleen, who served as its pastor until 1890. The construction of the first church building was completed in 1895. [3] For many years, the church primarily served the Swedish population; the original church building was designed by Swedish American architect August Nordin. [4] [5]

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Stacy Boorn, the minister for herchurch, uses feminist theology in the church's expression of faith, worship, learning, mutual care, and acts of justice. [6] Its former associate pastor is Megan Rohrer, who is transgender. Rohrer was ordained extraordinarily, [7] at the time in defiance of the ELCA rules. [8] [9] Rohrer was elected to the office of bishop of the Sierra Pacific Synod of the ELCA in May, 2021. [10] [11] Bishop Rohrer began their (Rohrer uses gender-neutral singular they pronouns) [12] six-year term as bishop in September, 2021. [13] Previously, Rohrer was rostered by Extraordinary Lutheran Ministries, which is "committed to the full participation of persons of all sexual orientations and gender identities in the life and ministry of the Lutheran church." [8] [14] In December 2021, however, Rohrer was suspended from the ELM membership roster for alleged "racist words and actions". [15]

Since 2007, Ebenezer Lutheran has annually on the first weekend in November sponsored a three-day conference on faith and feminism, often with a focus on reviving traditions of honoring the sacred feminine as manifested in the Hellenistic and Jewish concept of Sophia, and in the faith-traditions of minorities. The 2009 conference focused on the pseudohistorical idea that Jesus was married to Mary Magdalene, an idea featured prominently in Dan Brown's famous novel The Da Vinci Code .

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  1. ↑ "Evangelical Lutheran Church in America - Congregation Information". Evangelical Lutheran Church in America . Archived from the original on 2007-08-17. Retrieved 2008-03-01.
  2. ↑ "Religious Links". herchurch. Archived from the original on 2008-07-24.
  3. ↑ Hult, Dorothy (1986-10-06). "Ebenezer Lutheran Church – a rock of faith and hope". Vestkusten . No. 13. p. 31. Retrieved 2023-04-17.
  4. ↑ Nelson Beroza, Muriel (Spring 2008). "From Ebenezer to Vestkusten". Vestkusten . Retrieved 2023-04-17.
  5. ↑ "San Francisco Planning Department: Historic Resource Evaluation Response" (PDF). 2007. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2012-05-15. Retrieved 2023-04-17.
  6. ↑ "herchurch - A home for women's spirituality". herchurch. Archived from the original on 2018-12-13.
  7. ↑ "Ordination of Pastor Megan Rohrer November 18 2006". YouTube. Retrieved 2022-01-26.
  8. 1 2 "Welcome to realnation.com". www.realnation.com. Archived from the original on 2016-03-04. Retrieved 2009-03-22.
  9. ↑ "Gay Lutheran clergy out themselves in hopes of changes". The Lutheran . 2007-08-09. Archived from the original on 2011-05-20.The Lutheran is the magazine of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America.
  10. ↑ "Business Session 5 - Synod Assembly 2021". YouTube. Retrieved 2022-01-26.
  11. ↑ Bowman, Emma (2021-05-10). "Megan Rohrer Elected As 1st Openly Transgender Bishop In U.S. Lutheran Church". NPR. Retrieved 2022-01-26.
  12. ↑ "A shepherd finds the perfect flock". KALW . 2016-05-10. Retrieved 2022-01-26.
  13. ↑ Johnson, Sydney. "San Francisco's first trans bishop is here to heal our spirit". San Francisco Examiner . Retrieved 2023-04-17.
  14. ↑ "ELM Roster and Affiliates: The Rev. Megan Rohrer". Extraordinary Lutheran Ministries . Archived from the original on 2007-11-23. Retrieved 2008-03-01.
  15. ↑ Ferrannini, John (2021-12-23). "Lutheran LGBTQ group accuses trans bishop of racism". The Bay Area Reporter . Retrieved 2022-01-26.


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