Saturday, November 14, 2009

ELCA Pastor Not So Keen on Growthism




The original motto on the banner was: "A changeless Gospel in a changing world." Look for that on WELS websites. It is not absolute proof of Chicanery, but it is an indication.

Here is a link for an article by an ELCA pastor. His theological education was obviously "neo" but he does refer to Luther quite a bit. I always check the citations first in an essay, to see if it is worth glancing at.

The rule seems to be - "The closer one is to claiming Lutheran Orthodoxy, the less likely it is that the errors of Church Growth will be addressed." I say that because an ELCA pastor has written more here than the Synodical Conference put together. My contributions would throw off that statistic except that I was defenestrated and placed in the Cone of Silence. The alleged Church of the Lutheran Confession is farther up the CG wazoo than WELS, and that is saying a lot.

The non-Lutherans have been even more scathing than the Lutherans in their coverage of Church Growthism. Non-Lutherans do not offer DMins in the Lutheran Means of Grace, but synodical Lutherans go to anti-Lutheran seminaries to obtain DMins in Church Growth Enthusiasm. And the synodical Lutherans continue to sleep and slumber.

KJV Mark 14:41 And he cometh the third time, and saith unto them, Sleep on now, and take your rest: it is enough, the hour is come; behold, the Son of man is betrayed into the hands of sinners.