I, ahem, the members, need RSO status. Done deal? Aw-right!"
Sample Agreement The Lutheran Church – Missouri Synod Recognized Service Organization
Section 1. Recognized Service Organization
… RSO agrees (a) to foster the mission and ministry of the Synod, (b) to engage in programs in harmony with the Synod and (c) not to act contrary to the doctrines and practices of the Synod …
https://www.lcms.org/graphics/assets/media/Service %20Opportunities/RSO%20Agreement.pdfSection 1. Recognized Service Organization
… RSO agrees (a) to foster the mission and ministry of the Synod, (b) to engage in programs in harmony with the Synod and (c) not to act contrary to the doctrines and practices of the Synod …
I am a 5th generation WELS guy and have no plans to leave.
KJV 1 Corinthians 4:2 Moreover it is required in stewards, that a man be found faithful.
King Jeske Version - Moreover, it is required in stewards, that a man trace his DNA back five generations. There, I said it.
The ELS recently asked, "How significant is Church and Change in WELS? Is Jeske really the leader of that group?"
Answer - Church and Chicanery still infests WELS Headquarters (aka The Love Shack).
The Church Growth Movement = Church and Change = Perish Services, Mission Boards, and FIC. Perish Services has spent lavishly on itself while charging enormous sums to congregations for boilerplate advice, without putting in the right fill-in-the-blanks information. One WEF had this - "When the bells stop ringing, and the service starts..." Members laughed. Another church saw the wrong congregational name here and there in their custom report. For this, Perish Services charges $7,000 to $35,000. Next, Ron Roth and Jeff Davis step in to raise funds - for themselves. Nice work.
Jeske the head of Chicanery? Listen to him blab about himself and change in his Mequon lecture. Read his blog about "everything must change" - with awe and wonder. Look at the Church and Change stealth board of directors:
Brian Lampe - from St. Markus.
Ski - worked at St. Markus.
Bruce Becker - now works for Time of Generic Grace.
Nathan Krause presents at Chicanery conferences but serves as a pastor in the confessional ELS? Where is the Left Foot of Fellowship so vigorously extended by the hobnail boot of Pope John the Malefactor?
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"WELCOME: Rev. Karl Gurgel and his wife, Barbara, arrived this past week. We are pleased to have them with us. Rev. Gurgel will preach the sermon today."
He's back ...
Holy Word
As long as Jeske stays around WELS, he will continue to fester and infect WELS congregations and members. Is his leadership so valuable to WELS?
>>I am a 5th generation WELS guy and have no plans to leave.<<
From the sniffish and smarmy one.
It is odd that the ELS asks about how significant the Church Growth Movement is in WELS. In the Orvick years, the ELS wanted to grow so much that it took in pastors who came from non-Lutheran churches and seminaries without further formal training, using only a colloquy at best. They are still paying the price. They received at least one WELS vicar as a pastor and never had him finish his the seminary program. The congregation he founded is now in shambles(he is no longer there). The ELS took WELS pastors who couldn't make it in WELS in pre-Church Growth Movement years. They took in LC-MS pastors without resolving some key doctrinal issues and are still paying the price. They took into Bethany Lutheran Seminary some who could not make it at Wisconsin Lutheran Seminary or either Concordia Seminary. They allowed Thoughts of Faith to operate so independently that there were significant questions raised about its tactics in both WELS and ELS. The ELS likes to complain about WELS, but they often advertise in the Yellow Pages under WELS instead ELS and even put WELS on some of their churches, which, of course, is not true. Historically, WELS has wondered about ELS "growth" tactics, especially the ease with which it accepted pastors from outside the fellowship. Looking at several ELS churches, historically and now, I think that they learned "Church Growth Movement" tactics without ever having to go to Fuller or Willow Creek. Uff-da!
'The ELS' certainly must have asked that question with tongue firmly in cheek.
While Krause is the most visible there are others who are not so easy to pick out.
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