The Pope Speaks at the WELS Convention

Pope John the Malefactor spoke ex cathedra in his capacity as the head of the Little Sect on the Prairie (the ELS). He spoke about his barely passed Public Ministry of the Word document, but failed to mention how many congregations and pastors have been expelled.

Ichabod as Pundit

Someone was annoyed that I imagined the WELS presidency race as between John Brenner and Wayne Mueller.

Pundits do not have to be right all the time, just entertaining and provoking.

The final race was definitely between the two sides I mentioned: Church Growth versus the school system.

Tonight the convention debated closing MLS. As long as the apostates focus on the issue of money, they will win. The issue is doctrine, not money. The contributions have withered away because the tree (WELS leadership) is rotten to the core. WELS is like an old tree that looks sound but is full of mold and sawdust on the inside.

Some would like an outside audit, not from the good old boy Milwaukee auditors, to see where the money has gone. EastCoast, one of my sources, predicts officials going to prison if that happened. That is why I think a real audit is unlikely. Besides, how could WELS admit to being imperfect? Not even a voice from heaven would convince them.

Man the Life-Boats - Huebner as Second Mate

Jim Huebner is considering his call to be 2nd VP. He may comment at the end of the evening session. Apparently, Tom Zarling, current 2nd VP, while nominated, was not re-elected. Paul Janke was also in the top three on this ballot.

Huebner is one of the most fanatical Church Growth apostates, usually teaming up with Lawrence Otto Olson (D.Min., Fuller Seminary), and Paul Kelm. Huebner and Kelm were also trained at Fuller Seminary, like their mentors Valleskey and Bivens.

Schroeder Accepts WELS Presidency

From the WELS Vatican, New Ulm Branch:

REV. MARK SCHROEDER ACCEPTS CALL
TO BE NEXT WELS PRESIDENT


Rev. Mark Schroeder, 53, has accepted the call to be the next WELS president.
Addressing the delegates to the 59th Biennial Convention at Martin Luther College in New Ulm, Minn., Wednesday about the task ahead of him, Schroeder expressed the strength he gained from the book of Isaiah: “Surely it is God who saves me. I will trust in him and not be afraid.”

Schroeder was elected Tuesday and asked the convention to give him overnight to consider the call.

Schroeder currently serves as president of Luther Preparatory School in Watertown, Wis. He has previously served at congregations in Fond du Lac, Wis., and Maitland, Fla.

Concluding his remarks, Schroeder told the delegates, “I will strive with the help of God to be faithful to the calling you have given me, and faithful to God’s Word.”