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Lutheran bishops ordain the Rev. John Bardosky in 2011 as the new leader of the North American Lutheran Church, which broke away from the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America over the ELCA's decision to allow noncelibate gay clergy and other issues. RNS photo courtesy Carter Askren/The Metro Lutheran

Lutheran bishops ordain the Rev. John Bardosky in 2011 as the new leader of the North American Lutheran Church, which broke away from the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America over the ELCA’s decision to allow noncelibate gay clergy and other issues.

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