The Ex of a WELS Pastor Writes

GA at work, again?

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I was previously married to a WELS pastor who after years of emotional, spiritual, and physical abuse (not to mention constant pressure to file for divorce) I filed mostly to show him I had a spine after all. He took everything I owned and called everyone in the synod to tell them I had been unfaithful, had an abortion, was a drug addict, etc., etc. I was facing excommunication - he moved onto a call where he was doing marital counseling (and even told me to not call him because he was fearful his now girlfriend would be upset with him talking to me). He has since remarried and I tried to raise awareness of the case to the circuit pastor and president of the synod, but I continually was admonished without audience or explanation. All I can say is it seemed clear they did not care about hearing the truth but instead chose to protect their investment. Suffice to say, I am no longer WELS.

Time of Gath - Is Jeske a Christian?

Jeske's message today bordered on the occult.
Forget Kieschnick - welcome Napoleon Hill. Set yourself down ri-chere, Napoleon.

Church and Chicanery reminds me of Skull and Bones at Yale, but without the glamor. Both are secret societies where the best evidence of influence comes from tracing the network of leaders.

Various people and Google have helped me see how Church and Chicanery gradually took over WELS, with the help of Mischke and Gurgle, until their apostate guidance was overthrown (partially) by electing SP Mark Schroeder. The 2009 WELS convention confirmed how little the membership cherished the decades of doctrinal error and unashamed unionism.

Mark Jeske is obviously one of the main leaders of Church and Change today. All the threads lead back to him and a few other leaders - the Appleton gang and the Don Patterson network, plus WLCFS.

The message we watched today was another treat for people with attention deficit problems. Back and forth, from the church to the office, Jeske spoke about Paul. That is typical Reformed sermonizing - avoiding the Gospel of Christ to speak about Biblical figures as examples to follow. Paul's suffering was compared to individual suffering today and rated with metallic standards, from aluminum to platinum. Sure enough, I found a "platinum level of suffering" on the Net - from another Reformed minister. Funny how Mark and this minister both came up with the exact same term, which Jeske called his own.

The most disturbing part of this message came when Jeske spoke about prayer as "using the power of the universe" to help us in personal matters and in business. That language is right from Napoleon Hill (occult) and Paul Y. Cho (occultic ex Assemblies of God minister, Korea). Norman Vincent Peale kelmed the same concept from an occult author. No surprise - Peale still appeals to WELS.

Jeske also invoked UOJ terms, saying that the resurrection of Christ "guaranteed our justification." That is from the Walther Easter absolution sermon, the core of Missouri, WELS, and ELS claiming "Everyone in the world was absolved of all sin the moment Christ rose from the dead." I have never found a Church Shrinker deviating from UOJ because Enthusiasts love both aspects of their false doctrine.

Church Growth is so much easier when the Law is obsolete and sin is no longer mentioned. That has also made it so much easier for CG gurus to jump into bed with their eager disciples.

Years ago the Evangelical and Pentecostal CG gurus were veering into the occult. After all, Cho was an honored lecturer at Fuller Seminary. Many Pentecostals today speak the same occultic language as Cho and Peale.

I can understand why the Chicaneries are so arrogant. They have repudiated all their ordination vows but they stay on top, even after episodes of shocking self-destruction. Like Jeske, in his faux-confessions, they admit to being cross at times, but they hate and avoid the cross. They offer glory, success, and the wages for eternity of their Father Below. (See The Pilgrim's Progress, by Bunyan.)

More Reason To Think the Fix Is In:Wisconsin Lutheran College Board Members

Jeff Gunn--Church and Chicanery idol--
is a pastor who does not offer Holy Communion to a church
that his own district did not accept into WELS.

CrossWalk has two on the board, and the WLC president is from CrossWalk.

Wisconsin Lutheran College (Brigadoon-WELS) Board of Regents

Mr. Gary Drska	St. Paul	Muskego, Wis.
Mr. Ryan Barbieri	Christ	Pewaukee, Wis.
Dr. Gerald Fischer	Grace	Falls Church, Va.
Mr. James Fischer	Christ	Pewaukee, Wis.
Rev. Kenneth Fisher	Risen Savior	Milwaukee, Wis.
Mr. Ned Goede	Atonement	Milwaukee, Wis.
Rev. Jeff Gunn	CrossWalk	Phoenix, Ariz.
Rev. Mark Henrich	Atonement	Milwaukee, Wis.
Rev. Dennis Himm	Gloria Dei	Grand Blanc, Mich.
Mr. Charles Kluenker	St. Mark	Citrus Heights, Calif.
Mr. Philip Leyrer	St. John	New Ulm, Minn.
Mr. Scott Mayer	Grace	Milwaukee, Wis.
Mr. David McCulloch	Prince of Peace	Traverse City, Mich.
Mr. Kent Raabe	Christ the Lord	Brookfield, Wis.
Mr. Paul Rosenow	Christ the Vine	Temecula, Calif.
Mr. C. Daniel Stefferud	Gethsemane	Los Angeles, Calif.
Rev. Paul Steinberg	St. Marcus	Milwaukee, Wis.
Mr. Gary Stimac	Abiding Word	Houston, Texas
Mr. William Treffert	Christ	Pewaukee, Wis.
Mr. W. Andrew Unkefer	CrossWalk	Phoenix, Ariz.
Mr. Daryl Weber	Bethlehem	Menomonee Falls, Wis.
Mr. Mark Wrightsman	Christ	North St. Paul, Minn.
Mr. George Zaferos	St. Luke's	Watertown, Wis.

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GJ - WLC is Brigagoon-WELS because the school is WELS when raising funds from WELS, but not WELS when getting into trouble for having Archbishop Weakland (Roman Catholic homosexual predator) or Martin Marty (ELCA church historian, LCMS apostate) as featured speakers.

Notice that St. Marcus/Time of Gath is also represented on the board.

Years ago, David Valleskey and Larry Olson (Our Staph Infection) were on the WLC board, so let us not be shocked about WLC's doctrinal fibrillation.

WLC began Charis, and Charis begat Church and Change. Church and Change lay with Fuller Seminary and begat many sons. They named their firstborn Ski and their second Jeff.

Thy Strong Word, Hardcopy

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Dr. Jackson,

Is "Thy Strong Word" available as a physical book anywhere? I know it is available online, but I always prefer the "real" version.

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GJ - There might be a copy or two left. I am still unpacking.

Do You Like Rock Bands, Soul Cafes, and Invitations To "Come to the Lord"?Thank the First VP of WELS

Fuller-trained First VP Jim Huebner has been at the center of the Shrinker revolution in WELS.
Less obvious, Don Patterson is running for SP in two years, with Gurgle support.

Some people visited a former church somewhere. WELS. Small-town. Big celebration. Loud rock band in the service. Lots of money spent on the church. They now have a soul cafe. Sound familiar? It sounds familiar to Huebner too. He has a soul cafe but pretends to be high church (for WELS, at least).

Everything is adiaphora in WELS. Most of worship is adiaphora, according to SP-in-Waiting Don Patterson's lay leader.

But isn't it a bit Babtist to have the pastor invite people to "Come to the Lord"?

The lack of a robe is just what Mark Jeske models at Time of Gath. Parlow too, except he called it a rob.

Has anyone caught Ski in a robe?

The cancer has jumped from the main centers and traveled into the backwoods. Doctrine is not adiaphora, a matter of indifference, but WELS has been indifferent about doctrine for decades. That is the result or cause of unionism.

Jim Huebner mocked the efficacy of the Word in print, proven with verbatim quotations (cited of course in this blog) and yet was elected to the second highest position in WELS. Perhaps that office is not worth a bucket of warm spit at the moment, but it does show how indifferent WELS can be about the "one thing needful." But - as long as it is glowing and growing... Oh? It isn't? I guess God does not bless those who violate the First Table of the Ten Commandments.

When I wrote about this in the 1980s, I was a "legalist" (Valleskey) and exaggerating.