Thursday, October 11, 2007

Dr. Paul Kelm?






The Appleton Alliance pastor is pictured on the left.

Managing Change - Dr. Paul Kelm

Understand what drives change, why people resist change, and how they process change. Discover key principles for introducing, leading, and institutionalizing change. Realize that Christianity is all about change. Dr. Paul Kelm serves as the discipleship pastor at St. Mark Lutheran in De Pere, WI and served for over six years as a church consultant.

Dare To Lead - 2006 BREAKOUT SESSIONS

Pastor Bill Lenz
What does it take to be the servant leader of a large church in America (350+ weekend attendance)? What can be learned from the ministry pioneering done by the very large teaching churches, a growing variety of para-church organizations, and scores of entrepreneurial individuals? Discover key principles used by large churches in their approach to ministry. Pastor Bill Lenz serves as the senior pastor of Christ The Rock Community Church in Menasha, WI, a church where more than 3000 gather on a weekend.Strategic Planning -

Dr. Janet Moldstad
Why strategic planning for a church? Because a well-wrought strategic plan helps you set priorities and allocate the Kingdom resources needed to achieve your ministry goals. Strategic planning provides a framework for analyzing circumstances and quickly adapting to future challenges. Dr. Janet Moldstad currently serves as Professor of Business at Bethany Lutheran College in Mankato, MN.

Are you ready for the next turn?

Leading A Turn-Around Church - Pastor Dennis Episcopo -
85% of all churches today are in plateau or decline! If you always do what you’ve always done, you’ll always get what you always got. This breakout group will address leadership changes that can be adapted to our ministry, focusing on the dynamics that can contribute to a turn-around strategy. Pastor Dennis Episcopo serves as lead pastor at Appleton Alliance, which has seen its Sunday attendance climb from 600 to 2200 in the last three years.

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GJ - And people want to argue that WELS is not going to Hell? Holy cow. This confab makes Church and Change look orthodox in comparison.

So where did Paul Kelm earn a doctorate?

Some of you are thinking that Janet Moldstad is the wife of Pope John the Malefactor, but his wife is named Ruth.

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GJ PS - Rev. A. Nony Mouse has left a new comment on your post "Dr. Paul Kelm?":

The spin and half-truths never stop, do they, Greg? The way you put this article together, you make it look as if Paul Kelm is the guy in the picture, and that he's the pastor of this Alliance church in Appleton.

Mouse is not very sharp. I captioned the picture as the Appleton Alliance pastor, not as Kelm. Google Blogger is limits my ability to place pictures and captions. The rest of the material is verbatim from Kelm's congregational website.

Confidential to Mouse - Why do you need to leave nasty personal attacks every day? I suggest not reading Ichabod for a few years. Or perhaps you could get more fresh air and sunshine. Prunes would probably improve your mood immensely. Nevertheless, I enjoy your personal validation of my blog each day.

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Michael Schottey has left a new comment on your post "Dr. Paul Kelm?":

It is really Rev. A Nony Mouse? I wish I had someone personally leaving a message on my blog every day!

Anyway...(and I mean this not against you Rev. Jackson) this post has ruined my day. I've heard about such "leadership seminars" before, and the arguement that they aren't ecumenical.

This is apostasy! We have a immutable God but "DR" Kelm would rather believe Christianity is all about change.

We have God's Holy Word made incarnate and the Holy Spirit but no...Pastor Dennis will show us how to grow a church.

Anathemas!

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GJ - The courageous poster always uses Anonymous, so I have tweaked his favorite name a bit. He reminds me of a mouse, popping out of his dark hole to take a bite and leave a deposit.

And yet he had to post again!

A. Nony Mouse has left a new comment on your post "Dr. Paul Kelm?":

You're right, Greg. I have better things to do than to read and respond to your garbage. I just wish your other 3 or 4 readers would realize that too.