A group of LGBTQ Lutheran clergy suspended the membership of Bishop Megan Rohrer, alleging "racist words and actions." Rohrer made history earlier this year when they were elected the first trans-identified bishop of the Sierra Pacific Synod of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America, or ELCA.
Rohrer was formally installed in September at a ceremony at Grace Cathedral in San Francisco. The Sierra Pacific Synod oversees nearly 200 congregations in Central and Northern California and Northern Nevada.
Extraordinary Lutheran Ministries suspended Rohrer last week, according to an article in the Christian Post. ELM is an organization that organizes queer seminarians and rostered ministers to confront "barriers and systemic oppression." When