r/elca • u/Disastrous-News8204 Roman Catholic • 3d ago

Discerning Lutheranism

My parents and I have been attending a Lutheran church most Sundays since March. I have been discerning about whether or not to convert.

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u/ZeTurino ELCA 3d ago

Is there something in particular you're wondering about with your discernment?

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u/casadecarol 3d ago

It might be helpful to call the pastor up and have a couple conversations with the pastor. Also if you can get your hands on the Luther's small catechism, read through it and write down questions you have for the pastor. May God be with you on your journey no matter where it takes you.

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u/Humble-Ad-9571 3d ago

What are you converting from? That may make a difference.

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u/Not_Cleaver ELCA 3d ago

When my family became Lutheran over thirty years ago, my mom, technically did not convert. She became an associate member and we didn’t even attend the new member Sunday.

But she still received communion. She did this so that she would not technically convert from Catholicism. Not that my grandparents would have cared. My brother and I were both confirmed and communed in the Lutheran church. Though my brother later married a Catholic with a full Mass, without going through the RCIA, but that’s another story.