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This has been my experience as well, the ELCA churches I attended became too liberal but beautiful and traditional liturgy. And the Bach!
ELS churches tend to be more high church than WELS
My suspicion is that, boots on the ground, most LCMS and ELCA congregations aren't as "conservative"/"liberal" (respectively) as the "upper management" might be.
I've never visited a WELS congregation, and I've only visited an LCMS one a few times. But, again, boots on the ground, in the ELCA I've just found churches who believe the Confessions and preach the Gospel. The only way to know anyone's politics would be to ask them, and that just seems like poor taste in the context of Church.
I am, personally, pretty liberal in my social politics. But I haven't talked politics with my pastor or with most people in the congregation, so I couldn't even tell you who people in my church vote for.
Politics are important, of course, but what really matters is that we are confessing the faith. Because, at the end of the day, if the Law is being preached as the Law, and the Gospel is being preached as the Gospel, then I should find that both me and the person next to me in the pew--regardless of who we vote for--should be hearing God's word, which cuts sharper than a two-edged sword.
Even if my neighbor votes for the opposite person as me, we should both be made uncomfortable by the seriousness of the Law--that we are sinners; and both comforted by the sweet, soothing, and holy word of the Gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ who saves us.
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