Christian Post filed a report yesterday informing those who didn’t know that:

Tens of thousands of Lutheran teenagers have flocked to New Orleans this week not merely for worship and fellowship, but for building hope and promoting justice.

During the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America Youth Gathering, about 12,000 young people are being loaded onto buses and taken to service projects all across the New Orleans metropolitan area each day.

Their theme is “Jesus, Justice, Jazz,” drawn from the history and culture of the city… In addition to plenty of volunteer work, Lutheran youths are engaging in worship, Bible study, learning and prayer. (Online source)

Not only that but they were also “treated” to a message by gay affirming “pastor” Jay Bakker as well, who informed us:

It is such an honor to be talking to 38,000 + Lutherans at the ELCA Youth Gathering. Thanks for having me! #jjj09 about 22 hours ago from web (Online source)

About to talk to 38,000 folks!about 19 hours ago from txt (Online source)

Then Worldwide Faith News tells us in this story:

Bursts of dancing spotlights and bass notes that drove deep through the crowd resembled more a rock concert than a church meeting at the Louisiana Superdome. The audience of 37,000 Lutherans, mostly teenagers, heard gospel messages and music July 23 they may not have experienced back home across the United States and Caribbean.

Lutheran youth, adult leaders and other volunteers are here July 22-26 for the 2009 Youth Gathering of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA)… Jay Bakker dedicated his part of the program to his mother, Tammy Faye Bakker Messner, who died two years earlier.  Bakker grew up with his parents’ high-profile ministry, and he witnessed that ministry’s demise in the shadow of scandal and public scrutiny. Now he pastors “Revolution,” which his Web site calls “a church for those who feel rejected by traditional approaches to Christianity.”

Tattoos cover Bakker’s arms and piercings punctuate his face. His message was about God accepting people where they are in spite of the mistakes they’ve made. Bakker recalled that was the message that distinguished Martin Luther nearly 500 years ago. “Thank God for grace,” he said. “Don’t take it for granted that you know (God’s love) is a free gift,” Bakker said. “There are millions of Christians out there suffering because they don’t feel God loves them. They’re dying to know they’re loved.” (Online source)

As you can see the kids were “treated” to a nice sentimental message, which has zero to do with what separates the unregenerate from God: Sin. Bakker also needs a history lesson concerning Martin Luther. What distinguished Luther was Sola Scriptura and his recovering the Biblical message of salvation: The just shall live by faith. Jay Bakker has about as much in common with the great Church Reformer as I do with Rob Bell of the egregiously ecumenical Emerging Church aka Emergent Church—morphing into Emergence Christianity (EC).

This is precisely the problem with the man-centered mush about some god with a man-shaped hole in its heart preached by EC “pastors” like Bakker. As I said in Homopressive as Jay Bakker we add to this his obvious homopression of GLBTQ people by withholding the Gospel from them as he continues lying to them about their sin. In fact, as you can see in Jay Bakker In Memphis On Same-Sex Marriage next he’s off to Memphis to speak at the inaugural event for New Bridge Faith Community this Sunday, July 26.

Understandably Bakker’s excited at the growing interest in his particular perversion of “grace,” where he can now share more and more about the EC god of twisted “unconditional love,” that he retweets (repeats) New Bridges’ promotional message on Twitter:

RT @New Bridge Presents!! THIS SUNDAY!!! Memphis TN..New Daisy Theatre on Historic Beale Street 9:00pm…@jaybakker and all kinds of FUN!!!about 17 hours ago from web (Online source)

Well, below you’ll get a bit of an idea concerning the lies that these “gay inclusive” and GLBTQ people, for whom Christ died, will be hearing from Jay Bakker:

See also:

DOES “GAY AFFIRMING PASTOR” JAY BAKKER REALLY LOVE GAY PEOPLE?

BECAUSE I LOVE JAY BAKKER AND GLBTQ PEOPLE

INDEED, DID GOD REALLY SAY?

Q&A FOR JAY BAKKER

WHY NO CONDEMNATION FOR CHRISTIANS WHO ARE HOMOPRESSIVE?

ROB BELL, PETER ROLLINS, AND QUEERMERGENT’S ADELE SAKLER

REV. MEGAN ROHRER ON GAY RIGHTS MOVEMENT