The process of writing helps us to clarify our thoughts and develop our theology. It is therefore not surprising that the LCA, which is recognised ecumenically for its theological strengths, has a strong heritage of writing. Following is a selection of papers in favour of the ordination of women as well as men from over the years. Please go to the LCA's Ordination We're Listening website for a comprehensive collection of papers discussing the cases for and against.

theological papers

• ​​The Distinction between Law and Gospel is a hermeneutical touchstone
• The Final Report of the LCA Commission on Theology and Inter-Church Relations on the Ordination of Women, 2000
• The Ordination of Women in the LCA, LTJ, 1998
• Do the Confessions Prohibit the Ordination of Women? 1994
• ​Paul, the Mission to Jews, and Women in the Churches, 1998
• The Ordination of women in the LCA? A positive answer, 1998

Christian History

• Women in the Bible - Download
• The Development of Doctrine and the Ordination of Women, 1998
• The Leadership Role of Women in the Early Eastern Church, 1998
• Authority and Leadership in the Early Western Church
• Historical Document: Some thoughts on the Ordination of Women and the Lutheran Confessions, 2009
• Ordination of women in the Lutheran church worldwide, 2013

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Pastoral Insights

Study Resources

• ​​​Why Fear Does Not Belong in this dialogue 2015
• Senior Lutheran Pastors Affirm the Ordination of Women
• ​​​A woman who made a difference​
• Presentations from the Time to Soar conference, 2012

• Ordination we're listening resources, prepared by the LCA, 2014-15. See the bottom of that site's home page to download the Dialogue Booklet
• Women in Ministry...The untold story, 2000
• Church Fathers, Women and Ordination, 1996
• Women called to Ministry, a Study Guide from the United Methodist Church, 2007​​