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Originally Posted by ISUKappa
I believe they are aligned more with the Lutheran Church - Missouri Synod than either the ELCA or WELS.
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Which would make sense, since the LCMS and the WELS are more distrustful of groups with secret rituals and oaths. Makes sense that they might start a group where members (and everyone else) could be sure that they would not be required to take any oaths that would violate their religious beliefs.
Note that I'm not suggesting that
any GLO requires members to take oaths that violate religious beliefs. It's just that, since rituals and oaths are secret, prospective members typically have to rely on the assurances of a GLO that they won't be asked to violate their religious beliefs.
The reality is that, for various reasons, some religious groups are more opposed to masonic or Greek affiliations than others are. More conservative Lutherans have historically fallen into the "more opposed" camp. Shoot, Wisconsin Synod Lutheran won't even approve of the Boy Scouts, because they believe that the Scout oath of "duty to God" suggests that all religions are equally valid and that people of all religions can do their duty to God. Seems reasonable that such Lutherans might have started a group where they wouldn't have to worry about these problems and that would take into account their beliefs.
And if they're still around 75+ years later, they must be doing something right.