at Wisconsin Lutheran College? You have broken fellowship
with Holy Mother WELS.
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Sauk County's Daily Newspaper
Monday, March 8, 2010
St. John's to vote on principal's future: Parents offer Hartwig support
By Christie Taylor / News Republic
Members of the congregation at St. John’s Evangelical Lutheran Church in Baraboo will decide the fate of the principal of the parochial school, John Hartwig, whose employment might be terminated following a vote later this month, though some parents are protesting that firing Hartwig would be unjust.
Church leaders announced to the congregation in mid-February that Hartwig would undertake a voluntary leave of absence to study doctrine. Then, in a letter to school parents Tuesday, church pastors announced Hartwig’s suspension, "for promoting materials" questioning the church’s teachings, and "conduct unbecoming a called worker."
Because Hartwig is not "at one" with the practice of the Wisconsin Evangelical Lutheran Synod, the letter states, he cannot serve as principal at the school, and the church council is recommending that his position be terminated.
The congregation’s male members will be asked to vote in a special meeting on the 21st.
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GJ - I have no details at the moment so I cannot shed any light on the reasons. Normally they just sandbag a church worker before anyone can find out. Holy Mother WELS is never wrong, so instant shunning sets in. However, prevenient shunning warns him that someone has already decided his guilt and passed the word.
Note that Becker, Stroh, Kelm, Ski, Glende, Doebler, Gunn and many more are still fully employed, leaving many to conclude that something is rotten in the State of Denmark.
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Doebler is the closest to a real confessional in the group. Church lady believes he was lead by some bad examples.(examples, meaning older pastors and there CG/C&C stance) Might I suggest the older gentlemen(elders,teachers,pastors), who follow this blog, reach-out to Pastor Doebler? Some things to consider: Christ The Rock has done away with the "rock music" and has returned to a some-what thraditional church. Notice I did say some-what. They chose to implement small groups. Can anybody send them examples of the apostasy it could lead into? WELS has some documentation on this and LCMS has its share of unfortunate stories concerning small groups.(see Rogue Lutheran blog)
P.S. My pastor recently stated that men and women are to stand-up against false doctrine. Problem is, the ruthless C&Cers will knock you to the floor! When confessionals such as SP Schroeder knock the money changers(Kelm,Stroh)to the ground, they arise like the bad guy in a horror film that was supposed to be put-out by the innocent victim.
In Christ,
from WELS church lady
And so shall you come to understand that “Judge not, that ye be not judged” applies mostly to the sinful laity – not the sanctified leaders.
So he was allowed to study doctrine a few weeks, and came back with his mind made-up. Wonder what doctrine was that?
Knowing the WELS, I could very imagine that the congregation might be allowed to vote on canning the principal without ever knowing what the alleged false doctrine was! It's mind bending! It's just TOO terrible a secret to let out to the steeple sheeple.
St. John's Baraboo has one of those canned websites with lots of links and pages which are supposed to be filled in, but most of the pages aren't. Even those pages filled in are filled in with generic content, i.e., a message signed "Pastor" and with a never changing church email address. The history of the church only has some historical photos but no text or captions that I could find.
Notice the assistant pastor is a Schroeder:
Pastor Tom Fricke Pastor
Pastor Carl Schroeder Pastor
http://www.stjohnsbaraboo.org/site/leadership.asp?sec_id=140003033
http://www.co.sauk.wi.us/data/sheriff_pressrelease/2006/05_may/050606.HTM
ARRESTS: JUVENILE MISBEHAVIOR: On May 1, 2006, a Sauk County Sheriff's Department deputy observed a 15 year old juvenile male operating an ATV in the ditch line of Rocky Point Road, north of Man Mound Road, in the Baraboo area. The ATV did not have current registration, and as a result of the investigation, the owner, JOHN P. HARTWIG, age 49, of Baraboo, Wisconsin, was charged with Permit Operation of ATV Without Valid Registration. He was issued a citation and was released.
I see it's too early to find out what happened to John Hartwig of St. John Baraboo, since the vote comes "later this month." There's no word on exactly what doctrine is involved, I guess.
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