The photo is from the Church and Change website.
SP Schroeder did not know about the DPS call to Paul Kelm until it appeared on the call list, according to my sources.
Therefore, the best way to find out how this happened is to contact Bruce Becker, the administrator for the Division for Parish Services.
bruce.becker@sab.wels.net
Phone - 414.256.3228.
WELS Website:
Position: Parish Services Administrator
Bruce Becker has been serving in WELS Parish Services since February 1995. For seven years he served in WELS Adult Discipleship and has been in his current position since January 2002. After graduating from Wisconsin Lutheran Seminary in 1982, he served as missionary pastor at Our Savior in Springville, New York and then became the administrative pastor at Trinity in Brillion, Wisconsin from 1987-1995. He, his wife Linda, and their four children live in Jackson, Wisconsin and are members of St. John’s, Lannon, Wisconsin.
Church and Change Bio
Bruce currently serves as the administrator for WELS Parish Services. He has also served as the WELS Adult Discipleship Administrator, as a parish pastor at Trinity Lutheran Church of Brillion, WI, and as a mission pastor in Springville, NY. He is married to Linda and has four children. They are members of Morning Star Lutheran Church, Jackson, WI. Bruce has been actively involved with Church and Change since 1998.
Comments from Bailing Water:
Anonymous said...
This reminds me of Arnold. Use your best Austrian accent "He's baaaaack."
September 30, 2008 9:35 AM
Anonymous said...
Kelm is filling the vacuum left by Wayne Mueller's departure.
Thirsty for the Kool-Aid
October 1, 2008 11:41 AM
Anonymous said...
i would be real curious to know in what capacity he is going to serve. is it really necessary for him to consult the parishes? just when you think some progress is being made, it's back to the same ol' same old. geeeez. what's wrong with giving this guy a call to a church, watching him like a hawk, and giving him the 'left foot' if he strays?
October 1, 2008 9:45 PM
Anonymous said...
I am not sure why you are surprised. Prez Schroeder and Rev. Kelm share the same theology.
Beano
October 2, 2008 1:10 AM
John said...
I will contact 2929 and see who issued this call to Kelm.
October 2, 2008 7:25 AM
Anonymous said...
Parish Services issued the call without Schroeder's knowledge. He probably found out by reading Bailing Water. That is really evil when subordinates try to pull a nasty as a sign of contempt for the elected synod president.
Bespoke
October 2, 2008 7:44 AM
Anonymous said...
He has not yet accepted the call. He is serving in his call to St Mark Lutheran Church in De Pere, WI. He still needs to deliberate which call he will serve. Just because he was issued the call does not mean that he is going.
October 2, 2008 9:18 AM
Anonymous said...
"Parish Services issued the call without Schroeder's knowledge. He probably found out by reading Bailing Water. That is really evil when subordinates try to pull a nasty as a sign of contempt for the elected synod president."
Exactly right. This had nothing to do with President Schroeder.
I believe that one of the recommendations of the Ad Hoc Committee was that the Synod President should be involved directly with the calling of synodical positions. That would have prevented this problem.
Don't worry. Parish Assistance is already under close watch. There have been a lot of complaints about them. If Kelm accepts the call, Schroeder is going to be all over everything he does.
October 2, 2008 9:29 AM
Anonymous said...
Actually, they called at least 7 pastors for this position before the current call to Paul Kelm. All 7 returned the call having deliberated to stay in their current calls. There may be more than 7, but these 7 were called and turned down the call:
Pastors Bruce Janisch, Randy Hunter, Steven Witte, Don Sutton, Michael Duncan, John Stellick and Robert Raasch.
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Missing - Spriggs' graduation from Mequon and His Call
Martin Spriggs has been serving as the WELS CTO since October 2004. A former WELS pastor, he earned his MBA from Keller Graduate School of Management, Chicago. He built the Midwest presence for Net Quotient Consulting Group (a firm that provides Internet application development for Fortune 1000 companies) and Qwest Communications (a telecommunications firm), as well as worked on technical development and consulting at these companies. A member at Peace, Hartford, Wis., he, his wife Debra, and their three children live in Slinger, Wis.
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