There is an old saying, "If a turtle is on a fencepost, it did not get there by accident." For those who graduated from Prairie, the saying means this: Actions have consequences, so we can often determine the cause from the effect.
WELS has a new report or two.
I will summarize some items:
- Worship attendance has slumped from 193,000 to 174,000 in the last 15 years. In other words, when I left WELS, attendance tanked. The Church Growth Movement continued to prosper.
- The shrinking Wisconsin sect needs three (3) more districts and three (3) more district popes.
- They are going to be proactive, a management cliche worn out over 30 years ago. Let pray that they take it to a new level, think outside the box, and speak truth to power.
Hold the presses! Breaking news. See the new post above for a shocker!
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Kovaciny-Mouse has left a new comment on your post "Turtle on a Fencepost Report - from WELS":
"In other words, when I left WELS, attendance tanked."
I hope people can see what you're really all about. It's all about you, Dr. Jackson, isn't it? ...And it always has been.
GJ - At least Toad of Toad Hall (The Wind in the Willows) had a sense of humor. And he finally repented. Kovaciny, like his peers in the Little Sect on the Prairie and WELS, thinks he has done nothing wrong.
I inserted the logical fallacy to provoke an outburst from the humorless and to elicit a few chuckles from the normal readers. It never hurts to have a straight man who reads every post.
