Call News in WELS

David Bivens position was eliminated as a missionary but he had two calls in two different states pop up. I thought calls were few and far between. Bivens, Bivens. Would that be his Fuller-trained dad at The Sausage Factory?

Schroeder, Rev Jonathan E MLS - Saginaw MI 05/10/2009
President

The call to the president's position at MLS suggests a possible future for the embattled school.

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Root, Mrs Cheryl A Fox Valley LHS - Appleton WI 06/15/2009
Malchow, Mr Timothy P MLS - Saginaw MI 06/30/2009
Peterson, Prof Kenric F MLS - Saginaw MI 06/30/2009
Westphal, Prof Steven C MLS - Saginaw MI 06/30/2009


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Manthey, Rev Marcus P MLS - Saginaw MI 06/30/2009
Seafert, Rev Larry F MLS - Saginaw MI 06/30/2009

Marcus Manthey is the author of the overly polite but insightful report on WELS' Mission Vision Statement, linked on the left column of Ichabod.

I know Manthey was teaching at MLS 15 years ago. He married into the Brenner family.

The Michigan District worked against and voted strongly against closing Northwestern College, but their quisling DP--Robert Mueller--spoke in favor of amalgamation at the synod convention. Even though the final vote was flipped to fit the Mueller-Gurgel agenda, no one fought for NWC after that. All the districts rolled over and played dead at the required confirming district meetings (the second vote stipulated by the constitution).

That retreat sealed the doom of the preps in the future. But everyone already knew the score from the percentages allotted in the budget, 22 years ago.

The person who knew the amalgamation vote was flipped? He was too scared to tell the truth. For want of a spine, a college was lost. For want of a college, the training was lost. For want of a doctrine, the synod was lost.