Lutheran Congregations in Mission for Christ
Lutheran Congregations in Mission for Christ (LCMC) is an association of Lutheran congregations in the United States. It describes itself as an affiliation of autonomous Lutheran churches and not a denomination. It began in 2001 in response to some liberal views of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA). LCMC is characterized by the stances it takes on Lutheran polity, biblical authority, and human sexuality. The group describes itself as "centrist" or "mainstream", noting that it stands between the more liberal ELCA and the more conservative Lutheran Church - Missouri Synod (LCMS) and other Lutheran church bodies in North America.
History
LCMC was started by the WordAlone Network as an alternative for local churches who no longer felt that they could remain in the ELCA and work to reform it. In 2001 the organization began with 31 congregations as charter members. As of December 2014 membership was reported as 836 congregations, including 719 US congregations in 40 states, the U.S. Territories of Guam and Puerto Rico, as well as over 100 congregations in 14 other countries (including Belarus, Cambodia, Canada, Mexico, Nicaragua, Russia, and Vietnam). LCMC is now the fourth largest Lutheran group in the United States, after the ELCA, LCMS, and Wisconsin Evangelical Lutheran Synod (WELS).
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Leggo My Ego
by: The Dead MilkmenMy subconscious mind
Has got me in a bind
Your love has made me blind
Let go my ego!
I feel the cold wind blow
It feels like 10 below
I'm feelin' oh, so low
Let go my ego!
I need some recreation
I got some strange sensations
I can't deal with relations
Now my superego
Is sayin' no, no, no
I think I'll listen to some early Brian Eno
I try to keep a lid
On my crazy id
I don't know what I did
Let go my ego!
I'm beginning to lose my patience
I'm feelin' some bad vibrations
Wanna join the United Nations
My psychoanalyst says I have a low self esteem
My psychoanalyst wants to know what I dream
What does it mean?
I just want out alive
I'm trying to survive
It's like a real life game
A' Stratego
I keep hittin' the bomb
And I can't stand calm
I wanna call my mom
Let go my ego!
I need a long vacation
I'm feelin' bad vibrations
I can't deal with relations
My psychoanalyst says I gotta tend my mind
Like a garden, I gotta weed it from time to time
I'm feelin' deep deep blue
I don't know whadda do
Ah, honey, where are you?
Let go my ego!
I got some good advice
But at a heavy price
I try to act real nice
Let go my ego!
Let go my ego! (x4)