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Published August 19, 2009, 12:00 AM

ELCA convention


Voting member Janet Metcalfe, of Inver Grove Heights, Minn., pauses for a moment of prayer along with more than 1,000 members of the Evangelical Lutheran Chruch of America (ELCA) on Wednesday after a tornado warning was announced at the Minneapolis Convention Center. Members of the ELCA are meeting this week at the Minneapolis Convention Center to vote on the future of gay clergy and their leadership in the church. (AP Photo/Dawn Villella)
Read the article: Tornado hits ELCA convention; sexuality statement passes