Anonymous has left a new comment on your post "Time of Grace Ad No Longer on LCMS Home Page":
Just heard Pastor Jeske's message for the Third Sunday in Advent. He focused a lot on Baptism. He put emphasis on the Word of God having the power to convert people (as far as I can tell, and you no doubt will disagree, no decision theology was present). Yes, the WELS has problems, so does any Lutheran church. Oh and if you'll notice, the name of the church that Pastor Jeske is shown. Yes, it is not "liturgical," but it is in the spirit of what Paul talks about that he became like others for the sake of others. He focuses on both justification and sanctification.
Perhaps you can praise what is good in the WELS. I seem to remember reading (though I can't find where--or even if it was you, but I hope it was) that you would not be criticizing the WELS if you didn't have any hope for some sort of change. So praise what is good about the WELS. Yes, point out problems, but praise what is good. St. Paul tells us that whatever is good, lovely, praiseworthy is to be thought about, right.
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GJ - The excuses for Jeske are legion. I suppose the next claim is that he believes in God, so let him be.
He is the secretive leader of Church and Change. His influence is best seen in The CORE, where WELS members transfer in the name of "outreach." The Jeske circle does not want to acknowledge being Lutheran, but Lutherans should give him money and buy his trinkets.
Meanwhile, no one is sure which synod he is. I am betting Missouri, because that is where the Church Growth action is moving. His fellow-student at Mequon, LCMS DP Wille, is the one who announced that Jeske earned RSO status in Missouri.
When I met the head of evangelism in the LCMS, around 1992, he was very familiar with the CG guys in WELS. He worked with them on the Church Growth Initiative funded by AAL (now Thrivent). Doctrinal unity has been established in the LCMS-WELS-ELS-ELCA-CLC: through Church Growth.
