As a typical American, my reaction is that the LCMS, WELS and other confessional Lutheran bodies in fellowship with these should file a lawsuit to require ELCA to drop the word "Lutheran" from its name as false advertising. But I know all of the arguments why we will not do that - secular vs. Christian worlds, the Biblical admonition to avoid courts of law whenever possible in dealing with fellow Christians, etc. Perhaps we can somehow convince the ELCA to change its name to the Evangelical lutheran Church in America (ElCA) to communicate their minimalist adherence to the Confessions.