Outspoken theologian ousted from the Lutheran Church-Missouri Synod
Matthew Becker is a pastor and professor of theology at Valparaiso University. He was recently ousted from the Lutheran Church-Missouri Synod. Photo courtesy Dell Schomburg
Matthew Becker had raised questions about the denomination’s stance against the ordination of women, as well as its teaching of creationism, or the literal reading of the story of creation in the book of Genesis.