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I wish more faiths/sects would own up to unsavory things in their past. I like that we're open about Martin Luther making anti-Semitic statements and not just pretending it didn't happen or addressing it when it comes up. I think openly admitting things and not trying to hide it can bring greater healing and understanding.
I'd also like people to realize that even though I attend a church labeled "Evangelical Lutheran Church in America" we're not that kind of evangelical. There's also a lot of difference among the Lutherans, and most are much less liberal than my group. However there are many different groups and movements inside the ELCA, feminist, GLBTQ, leaving the ELCA, charismatic, and so on.
We also allow any person who has ever been baptized to have communion in our church, and we're in full communion with many other "mainline" Protestants, and in some places (Delta Junction, Alaska for example) we're a shared congregation with the Presbyterians. We also have many congregations that worship in languages other than English, including Native American and Alaska Native languages.
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