All Divorced WELS Pastors Have "Scriptural" Divorces

I love how Holy Mother WELS partisans immediately assume that all divorced WELS pastors have "Scriptural" divorces, which must be on par with "Scriptural" murders.

And if they engaged in sordid crimes, like murder or obstruction of justice, they are all repentant. Why, it's a violation of the Eighth Commandment to think otherwise.

In the bad, old forerunners of ELCA--the ALC and LCA--divorced pastors left the ministry. They were not allowed to play the game now served up so adroitly by WELS pastors.

I heard District Pope Robert Mueller claim that "husband of one wife" means "one wife at a time."

There is only one sin in WELS - telling the truth about Holy Mother WELS. That is indeed the unforgiveable sin against the Holy Ghost.

Amen? (Speak up, ELS)

Amen! cries the ELS chorus.

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Had our synod leaders had more of a backbone while these crimes were being committed around them, maybe an example would have been set for the now spineless laity who are passively sitting in the amen corner today. Stand up and be heard...

On a separate note, was Robert Mueller numbered among the divorced pastors and is that why he spins scripture into a tortured knot to be able to come up with THAT kooky interpretation? I believe that there are pastors who sadly have suffered thru 'scriptural' divorces. They are human too and I would think for Satan to work a divorce in a pastor's marriage would be a pretty arrow in his quiver. But surely even the good Rev. can't even believe that himself. Maybe he was drunk on power when he said it.

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GJ - DP Mueller was not divorced. When his buddy was caught in adultery, the pastor was allowed to lie to his congregation and wife, getting a plush job in a WELS agency. In the Michigan District, adultery, divorce, and remarriage looked good on the resume.

I heard a Concordia Seminary (Ft. Wayne) say the same thing as Mueller - one wife at a time. The fad at the moment was saying the Biblical passage was against polygamy.

Marvin Schwan, I was told with great seriousness, also had a "Scriptural" divorce. When he married the wife of one of his managers, she became a Lutheran. When Marvin reached room temperature, she became a Roman Catholic again. And yet, some deny the efficacy of money. I have no doubts after that transformation.

Yes, there are pastors done in by their wives, but I believe the number is tiny compared to the entire number of clergy divorces.