From the American Anglican Council: Lightning is Striking Again? Trinity Episcopal Church (photo courtesy Muscatine Journal) Central Lutheran Church (photo courtesy Desiring God) Next week will mark one year since a tornado From struck Central Lutheran Church (ELCA) in Minneapolis, Minnesota, toppling part of the steeple. The tornado hit at the same time the ELCA's General Assembly, meeting across the street, voted to acknowledge the validity of same-sex relationships. Early this week, lightning struck Trinity Episcopal Church in Muscatine, Iowa, destroying the 171 year old church's steeple.