To: Gregory L. Jackson
Sent: Fri, December 17, 2010 6:47:31 PM
Subject: Growing the church
A couple of interesting items from the recent WELS South Central Pastor Teacher Conference: - led by Glaeske - Patterson - Gurgle
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"Vicar in Mission setting programs have been underwritten by Board for Home Missions. Holy Word's vicar has always been funded this way." (even though Holy Word's congregation has been around for over 30 years).
Conference Theological presentation: http://scdwels.wordpress.com/essays-papers-presentations/
"Pastor Ken Fisher talked abour (sic) approaches and ways to fund minsteries (sic)": http://scdwels.files.wordpress.com/2009/07/2010-10-minutes.pdf
GJ - Schuppe, Hunter, Richard Gurgle - all Changers, plus many more for the insiders to wink at.
As I wrote before, FIC-L (Lutheran on the outside, Church and Change on the inside) does not get many subscriptions and is very expensive. "Get out there and sell subscriptions."
Hint - dead tree publishing is over. Send the staff to a resume writing seminar.
Women's ministries is not new. It is as old as the church, according to the Doctrinal Pussycat. Rome says that about the Assumption of Mary too. The fact is, WELS already has women pastors. The synod is just waiting to formalize the obvious. Note Randy Hunter in a leadership position.
If you don't like anything in these links, write SP Schroeder a letter. He may even send a secret email that he is working on it, but it will take a few decades.
