I got out Google Maps and found that the concentration of WELS members in the People's Republic of Minnesota live far away from Appleton, Wisconsin, a circuit known for plagiarism, unionism, and the Popcorn Cathedral of Rock.
District youth rallies are normally hosted in the same district, simply because travel becomes a hardship and also a cost on top of room and board.
So why did this happen? This event is an example of solidarity among the Church and Money Changers. I imagine the two DPs got together and struck a deal to show WELS who was running the show.
Alternately, WELS members need to face the facts about the other administration. They voted for SP Schroeder, but a shadow government runs WELS - The Love Shack in Exile, or Love-N-Ex. The apostates pushed out of power are united in their lust to regain power, not that they have lost much. They all have plush salaries and positions - Kelm, Bruce Becker, and the rest.
Their odious lobby continues - Church and Change. When a few people got together for a cooperative blog, WELS had a collective hissy-fit and worried that I was involved.
I am guessing that Appleton is tottering from all the attention on this blog. This Minnesota road trip is a way to shore up their apostate friends and to prove the Love-N-Ex is in power, even though not officially in office. Elections are an adiaphoron. What matters most is what people do - what they believe, teach, and confess.
In Appleton, they confess Groeschel, Driscoll, Sweet, and Stanley.
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rlschultz has left a new comment on your post "Unbearable Dumbness of WELS -Minnesota District Ho...":
A government in exile (gov-n-ex) occurs when rulers have to physically move because of an invasion from the outside or an internal coup. The gov-n-ex takes residence with a nation that is sympathetic to them or perhaps has a symbiotic relationship with them. Here is the key: the gov-n-ex still makes the claim of legitimacy. They maintain that they are the duly elected or appointed leaders. Their hope is to physically move back to where they were once the craziness ends.
This would be the case with the Love-N-Ex. They consider their situation temporary. It is the drunken sailor three steps forward one step back scenario. It also gives them some feedback about what not to do. They may try to be even more underhanded and less brazen.
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bruce-church (https://bruce-church.myopenid.com/) has left a new comment on your post "Unbearable Dumbness of WELS -Minnesota District Ho...":
You got that right, the "Unbearable Dumbness of WELS," but for the wrong reason. If you are going all the way to Wisconsin for a youth rally, might as well have it at the Wisconsin Dells water parks. That would put the Arizona districts youth rally at the Wet N' Wild water park to shame!
http://ichabodthegloryhasdeparted.blogspot.com/2010/07/wels-youth-mystery.html
excerpt: We spent a day at the Wet N' Wild water park and enjoyed mixer games and devotions.
The Minnesota Youth Rally in Appleton WI web page is here:
http://www.welscyd.net/site/default.asp?sec_id=180000504
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GJ -
Bruce, that would deny the teens their chance to tour the Thrivent home office in Appleton, aka LB-N-Ex.
