Heard ppl tell Ski tonight "Love that u don't hide the fact u r Lutheran when u preach." love that we are true to doctrine & still reach ppl
about 2 hours ago from Tweetie.
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GJ - That is why they call this mission The CORE, so everyone knows it is a Lutheran Church fronted by an Imax, a popcorn stand, gourmet coffee, and Wi-Fi.
The website URL does not hide the Lutheran identity at all:
gotocore.com
I hear the strains of "O Lord, Look Down From Heaven, Behold," every time I see the website address.
Since the Pricey Executive Assistant is communicating with Ichabod via Twitter, please answer these questions:
1. How can someone study under Babtist Andy Stanley, copy Craig Groeschel's sermons, and remain true to Lutheran doctrine?
2. The comments you record seem to come from area WELS members, so did Fox Valley need a 41st WELS outlet? Wouldn't it be cheaper to have a popcorn/latte service at St. Mark Depere and get a $1 million grant from Thrivent for innovation?
PS - Thanks for removing the duct tape Flash movie from the website. That kind of "evangelism" is so old that the two of you were on trikes when Rick Miller shopped it around in S. Lyons. And it was a foolish mockery of the Word then, too.
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Anonymous has left a new comment on your post "A Woman Twits - The World Listens":
I think you really hit the nail on the head here. The CORE is designed to take WELS members who hate Christ-centered worship from surrounding congregations and plant them in a "relevant" church where Jesus is buried under popcorn kernerls.
It is obvious from Ski's website that he is targeting people who dislike their current church. I thought he was supposed to be targeting people who HAVE NO CHURCH!
Perhaps this explains what "Pastor Tim" of Ski's sugardaddy congregation, St. Peter, did after leading chapel at Fox Valley Lutheran High School. He actually invited the entire student body of Fox Valley Lutheran High School to the CORE for worship.
When something like that happens, are we really supposed to believe Ski isn't here just to sheep steal from WELS congregations? "Hey, kids, do you think worship with Christ at the center is boring? Well, we do to! So come on down to the CORE! What's that? You already attend a WELS church? Don't worry! You won't mistake us for one of those loser churches!"
That's how the CORE "reaches" people.
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Anonymous has left a new comment on your post "A Woman Twits - The World Listens":
This statement really bothers me:
"love that we are true to doctrine & still reach ppl"
Would you expect anything less?
Are you implying that other WELS congregations are true to doctrine and DON'T reach people?
What do you really mean by that statement?
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GJ - The pricey executive assistant is trying to say the Popcorn Cathedral of Rock is both Lutheran and reaching people. They seem to be reaching active WELS members at the moment, but the facts should not interfere with a good plan.
Tim Glende learned from Floyd Luther Stolzenburg that evangelism means taking active members from other congregations and calling it growth.
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Anonymouse has left a new comment on your post "A Woman Twits - The World Listens":
I've got a question for all of you accusing these folks of not having Christ centered worship: How many of you have attended a worship service at The CORE? How many of you have heard Pastor Ski preach a sermon? Just curious.
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GJ - Apparently, very few have heard Ski preach in Appleton. I don't need to travel there, because I can click on Craig Groeschel's or Andy Stanley's sermons.
Ski could provide a typescript of each sermon. I do that. I broadcast and save the the file. I don't have a huge grant and a price executive assistant, so why I can do this part-time when he cannot do it full-time? The fault is with Ski, not with his groupies.
