WELS news for September --- the big news is stewardship. They are going to have programs. These programs offer workshops to help pastors, church leaders and individuals set goals and develop plans for financial stewardship. They will focus on developing a stewardship culture within the congregation. So says the synod. Bottom line is WELS needs its members to give more money. They have new a web site online payment center for WELS schools. They are gathering funds for a goal of $300 million by 2018. This is an endowment fund began in 06. Members and the Schwan Foundation have contributed $3.5 mill in current gifts and $33.1 mill in deferred gifts.
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ICHABOD, THE GLORY HAS DEPARTED - explores the Age of Apostasy, predicted in 2 Thessalonians 2:3, to attack Objective Faithless Justification, Church Growth Clowns, and their ringmasters. The antidote to these poisons is trusting the efficacious Word in the Means of Grace. John 16:8. Isaiah 55:8ff. Romans 10. Most readers are WELS, LCMS, ELS, or ELCA. This blog also covers the Roman Catholic Church, Eastern Orthodoxy, and the Left-wing, National Council of Churches denominations.
Sunday, September 2, 2007
WELS Stewardship Reports
