rlschultz has left a new comment on your post "Michigan Lutheran Seminary Will Close And Then What...":
Many of us have moved on. Either we have totally left the WELS or we have practiced "selective fellowship" by transferring to another congregation and/or shunning the contempo ones. It is important to look at the past and the present to establish cause and effect. Also, unintended consequences should be pointed out. One of these is that there will be disgruntled laity who exercise discernment. Some of us will not play in the C&C/CGM sandbox. We will not be intimidated into silence. Ever since Al Gore invented the Internet, information leaks spread faster. Those who have kept the laity in the dark can no longer do so. They often have to engage in damage control. Examples of this would be Ed Stetzer being dis-invited to this year's C&C convention and Phil Gurgle's lame attempt to defend Ski's brazen unionistic practices.
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rlschultz has left a new comment on your post "The Information Age Stinks - As Far as Church and ...":
"WELS stubbornly refuses to acknowledge this negative consequence of their obsession and meddling with C&C/CGM."
Amen. When I requested a transfer, the pastor that I spoke to said that he would compose it right away. Instead, the other pastor wrote it and it took him three to four weeks to get it out. The tone of it was that I was being distracted by my concerns and it conveniently neglected to mention the doctrinal issues that I had. Not a single one of the elders bothered to speak with me. They were either afraid to or else were satisfied with the version that was given to them. Any hint that my talking points were valid could have possibly discredited the doctrine of leadership infallibility.
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Anonymous has left a new comment on your post "The Information Age Stinks - As Far as Church and ...":
WELS leaders keep lying about their innocence even after they were caught holding the smoking gun and standing over the mortally wounded body of WELS.
