Brett Meyer has left a new comment on your post "Here Is an Idea for Those Who Follow Babtist Stanl...":
Thought people should read the blog of Pastor Ben from Victory of the Lamb, WELS. A few real, relevant and relational statements that can be read online and in context are:
"First off we’ve got Hallepalooza! coming up this Friday, July 9th, from 5-8 pm at Lions Legend Park in Franklin. In case you’re wondering, you are invited! This is our party in the park with live music, free food, kids’ events, karaoke, horseshoes, and door prizes donated by local business. Come whenever you can after work. Food will be served from 5:30-7. I’ll be leading a devotion from God’s Word at 7:00 and door prize giveaways will be after that."
"Twice a month, I regularly invite people at worship to text me whatever questions they have on my sermon. We then have a Q and A time during the service when I do my best to answer some of those questions."
"As for me…I have no hidden agenda. I just love to help people like you see what the Bible actually says so that you can make up your own mind about it on the basis of at least knowing what it says."
"So maybe the timing wasn't right even though we though it was. Maybe God wants me to spend more time develping leaders from within our church."
"So let me just share some more exciting news about our church. This week Thursday, God-willing, our church will we get a second pastor to complement me and we’ll learn who he is. I am really pumped about this. After a couple months of planning and prayer we’ve been able to request a graduate from Wisconsin Lutheran Seminary. I’ll be the lead pastor who’ll focus on outreach, preaching, worship, and leadership. Our second pastor will primarily be a discipleship pastor. His main roles at first will be to teach a weekly Bible study, to get to know our people and help them find a plan for individual and family spiritual growth, and to develop and oversee a plan to connect people in small groups gathered around God’s Word on a regular basis."
"Bible Quest: is our awesome ministry for kids ages 2-10 which takes place during the regular Sunday morning worship service."
http://pastorbensblog.blogspot.com/
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GJ - Church and Change? You betcha.
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Joseph Schmidt has left a new comment on your post "Slaughter of the Lambs":
"develop and oversee a plan to connect people in small groups gathered around God’s Word on a regular basis."
Yay! Cell groups. Haven't those been tried before?
"develop and oversee a plan to connect people in small groups gathered around God’s Word on a regular basis."
Yay! Cell groups. Haven't those been tried before?
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GJ - When will WELS leaders admit that cell groups are Pietism and Enthusiasm? Here is an easy way to do it - I went to John Lawrenz and said, "How could you write a book for home Bible studies when you know that is the essence of Pietism?"
He was very emotional, but he never addressed the question itself.
That is all it takes - direction questions - plus a mass exodus of members and money.
Later I learned from the Church and Change listserve that he was a contributor to the whole problem.
