Monday, May 12, 2008

Turtle on a Fencepost Report - from WELS




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:


  1. 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.
  2. The shrinking Wisconsin sect needs three (3) more districts and three (3) more district popes.
  3. 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.