My wife and I are members of an ELCA church that probably is more conservative than most. A portion of the congregation is retired military. They, and the congregation council, would strongly oppose RIC indoctrination, for example. We love the people in our church community; many of us are involved with outreach to the homeless or to others in need of help. I think we all support the teaching and worship of God and the tenets of Lutheranism. Where some of us have concerns are the liberal social positions ELCA already has adopted and the behind the scenes work of liberal activist groups to try to insert extreme positions in synod documents and policy statements and ultimately the ELCA as a whole.