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Names are highlighted to show the Shrinkers.
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how ashamed they should be.
I will have to color code a few more classes. There is an unwritten law that a classmate cannot ever be wrong, so it is easy to see how a single seminary can leverage false doctrine. Left-click the photo to enlarge it.
Mark Henke, pastor of Bethany, Appleton, was not listed before. He agreed that the Andy Stanley book should be studied by the Fox Valley circuit: 7 Practices of Effective Ministry.
I thought the Columbus Ohio circuit was bad, especially because they did not even have circuit meetings for years - until I brought it up. But we never sat around studying a Babtist book!
Good grief! Why bother to use the name Lutheran in Fox Valley? It is just a sham.
+Diet O. Worms has left a new comment on your post "The Class of 1982 in Color":
Of course we're not surprised that the odious Jeske conference, "[Emasculated] Men [tired] of [listening to] His Word," will be held at Bethany, Appleton.
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Anonymous has left a new comment on your post "The Class of 1982 in Color":
As a concerned Lutheran in the Fox Valley, I don't think it's fair to lump all pastors here in with Mark Henke. There are a few good ones, including the ones where I go. The pastors at Riverview are confessional and faithful, and they trust God's Word. I wouldn't trade them for anyone in the world. Word gets around very, very fast here and the word is that one pastor (conflicting reports as to which one, probably one of the guys from St. Paul's) took a hard stand at the last circuit meeting and lambasted everyone there for studying Andy Stanley and trying to model ministry in the Fox Valley off his principles. There still are guys with spines, even around here.
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GJ - They started a circuit study of a Babtist author, a notorious one at that, and they cannot be lumped together? Why aren't the Babtists in the circuit up on charges? They supposedly have a quia subscription to the Book of Concord, not Decision Magazine.
I am happy to hear about this story, but a lot more needs to be done than lambasting. This is where pastors and laity can write letters to the Synod President and copy the Doctrinal Pussycat, Deputy Doug. Every doctrinal issue debated is a victory, even when there are setbacks and delays.
