Paul McCain, MDiv, has not served a parish since 1992.
He is reduced to selling books for a living,
blogging from a spare bedroom.
blogging from a spare bedroom.
Note his expert opinion below the ELCA gambit.
Readers - the situation below caught my interest because I have attended Trinity ELCA in Moline and saw Faith in Moline as I walked to school.
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Sunday, January 3, 2010
Our Church Council letter to Trinity Lutheran Council
--- ----------, President
Ladies and Gentlemen:
I am writing this letter on behalf of Faith Lutheran Church Moline
The matter that I wish to raise is the fact that one or more leaders of your Church have apparently involved Trinity in an attempt by Bishop Gary Wollersheim, under sections 7.46 of the ELCA Constitution and S14.13 of the Northern Illinois Synod Constitution, to investigate "allegations of physical or mental incapacity of the pastor or ineffective conduct of the pastoral office have come to the attention of the bishop of this synod." He is conducting a consultation under these sections to intervene in our call process.
Despite repeated written requests for facts supporting this disruptive process, the ELCA has produced none. If you would like copies of the letters between our Church's attorney, J----- P----------, and the ELCA, we would be happy to provide this documentation.
Initially, the Synod said that the consultation was based upon a petition circulated by some of our members and claimed that it was authorized under our congregation's constitution. Our Council asked for verification that the signatures represented 1/3 of our voting members, but the bishop ignored our request. He then shifted gears to the above referenced sections, even though the petition specifically stated that there was no allegation of any improper conduct of our Pastor or his office. We have been told that the Bishop himself told some of his supporters from our congregation after a "Coffee with the Bishop" meeting at your Church, that he had no grounds to seek the removal of our Pastor.
Despite this, the Bishop, with assistance from your Church, is planning to hold a consultation at Trinity on January 7-10, 2010 . Why are you getting involved in this internal matter dealing with the call to our Pastor? We would like to understand the reasons for this willingness to assist the Bishop in his attempts to intervene in our call process. For this reason we would appreciate the opportunity to appear before your Church Council to address these infractions and/or immediately cease the scheduled "consultations" at your facility.
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President, Faith Lutheran Church Moline , IL
Their response
From: --------- --------- <-------------------@gmail.com>
Subject: Your Explanatory Letter
To: ----------------------
Cc: "Rev Larry ----------" -------------@trinitylutheranmoline.org>, "Pastor L---------------------------" <---------------@trinitylutheranmoline.org>
Subject: Your Explanatory Letter
To: ----------------------
Cc: "Rev Larry ----------" -------------@trinitylutheranmoline.org>, "Pastor L---------------------------" <---------------@trinitylutheranmoline.org>
Date: Thursday, December 31, 2009, 2:48 PM
Dear -- ----------,
I wanted to acknowledge receipt of your explanatory letter. I will bring your request to our next regular Executive Council meeting which is Tuesday 5 January. I will inform you of our decision Tuesday.
Respectfully,
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From Paul McCain, who threw himself into a discussion about Mark Jeske, on Facebook:
Post #62
Paul T. McCain (Concordia Publishing House) wrote 45 minutes ago
Mr. Jackson, what I wish for you is repentance and peace that comes of it. You continue to spew your bile everywhere and your continuous slanders and lies are, well, frankly, they are delusional.
I urge you to seek out professional help.
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GJ - I was given historical materials about St. Paul in German Village (Columbus, Ohio), when Pastor Lang took the congregation out of the apostate ALC. The ALC officials wrote to congregational members, "worried" about the health of Pastor Lang. Their smirky letters made it clear that they would undermine Rev. Lang any way they could. They failed and looked like fools. Pastor Lang was remarkably productive in his sermons and pastoral visits.
The list grows - the fake Ichabod blog tried the same tactic as the ALC, ELCA, and McCain. So did the Professor of Worship at Wisconsin Lutheran Seminary, James Tiefel. He sent his letter on seminary letterhead to various people. That is a big legal risk for someone who represents an institution with deep pockets.
Like McCain, these people manage to slip in the Eighth Commandment while violating it. But they are above the law.
I consider McCain's hysterical words an indication of how this blog is affecting the apostates and fakes. For example, I read his blog only about once a year, when I want to know more about selling books. Perhaps he is overly sensitive about his past as the secretive Otten-Barry go-between. Otten has a whole file on McCain's work with him. I know about covert op from Otten and McCain bragging separately about it. Own up to it, Paul - we know you are an opportunist. Denouncing me will not change that.
McCain's previous post on the Facebook discussion was:
"I think that a man who has been reduced to broadcasting "worship services" out of a bedroom of his house, who has made himself persona non grata in even the CLC [!], and who now routinely posts slanderous blog posts, fabricating stories of all sorts, is probably the last person to be participating in any kind of a conversation about ministerial credentials. FWIW."
My response was:
"Paul, I wish you the joy of the Christmas season, too. And may it last throughout the year for you."
That resulted in the words highlighted in red. If you read McCain's copious comments on the ELCA discussion website (ALPB), you will find him excruciatingly polite. But that is his element, among the unionists and neo-quasi-crypto-papists. The conservative LCMS members in St. Louis told me how shocked they were at the rudeness of the Barry-McCain administration. One of them said, "At least Bohlmann was polite." Wallace Schulz was alarmed at how quickly the Barry-McCain people sought to appease the Left wing of Missouri. Like I said, Barry-McCain paved the way for the Quiche-niks to triumph.
