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Additional information concerning the New Age Satanic practice of Taize Prayer and how it has been promoted within the (W)ELS.
Charis Institute, WLC, was the predecessor to the well financed and promoted Church and Change (C&C) New Age group in the (W)ELS. Here is a quote from the 2005 Charis essay on Taize which promoted the occult practice as one option among others if it were "Lutheranized".
Our birthright of confessional orthodoxy has not been sold for a bowl of liturgical pottage. The key for this liturgical renewal is a clear proclamation of Christ crucified flowing from a means of grace theology.
At the forefront of this movement, however, there seems to be a great deal of support and encouragement for a form of liturgical worship known as Taize. Proponents of this liturgical style have cited the popularity of this form of worship on college campuses and with young people. It has been used at WELS youth rallies, worship conventions, and has been the center of discussion for more than one issue of Worship the Lord.
The best words to describe Taize worship are "disciplined freedom."ii The idea is based on repetitive simplicity: simple music, simple texts played over and over. The repetition, with no firm beginning and no firm end, allows the individual worshiper to at one time be an integral part of the community while at the same time being individually connected to God. Page 22 (1) http://www.charis.wlc.edu/publications/charis_winter05/taize.pdf
MLC promoting the satanic practice of Taize -
http://www.mlc-wels.edu/home/academics/divisions/musicdiv/bauerdt/taize/
This (W)ELS church started practicing Taize in 2003 and was highlighted in FIC
http://archive.wels.net/cgi-bin/site.pl?1712&cxDatabase_databaseID=1&id=6944&magazine=Forward%20in%20Christ
More (W)ELS promotion
http://archive.wels.net/cgi-bin/site.pl?2617&collectionID=765&contentID=15841&shortcutID=10351
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Another (W)ELS Church practicing the occult for New Years
http://www.shepherdofthehillswi.com/site/
Pastor Dan
6869 Wildwood Road
West Bend, WI 53090
Holiday Worship
New Year's Eve. Taize
Fri, Dec 31 6:30 pm
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Brett Meyer has left a new comment on your post "Taste of Taize - WELS":
"It is possible for music and words to coexist or reside independently in the human mind. Taize’ prayer discovers and uses that. You may find that once your lips have repeated a simple line of words and music several times, that you can also harbor simultaneous yet independent thoughts. Use the sung words to join with the gathered community here and use your private thoughts to communicate with God."
Taize was started by New Age Roman Catholic monks who, faithful to Satan, began the Ecumenical community in Taize, France. Taize is part of the New Age religion along with Contemplative Prayer, Prayer Labyrinths and other Satanic practices which promise to tap into the godlike qualities of man, expand his power and link it to others in order to build and create a new world.
"During the recent European meeting in Brussels, Cardinal Danneels spoke to the participants in these terms: “I give thanks to God because every night, close to the Atomium, which is the symbol of human beings who investigate matter down to its depths, 40,000 young people came here to investigate the things of God. In the moments of silence at the heart of the celebrations, the Holy Spirit creates in us a hollow, a kind of little manger where the Child Jesus can be born.” This is a quote from the Taize website http://www.taize.fr/en_article8507.html
The description used by this (W)ELS Emergent church (in the main post above) is actually quite accurate. To practice this prayer as it's designed the congregation is encouraged to empty their mind, repeat simple, short phrases which are meant to allow the congregation to communicate to God and God to them through the absence of specific thought and without the Means of Grace - God's Word and Sacraments. The expectation is that God will provide the practitioner with Extra-Biblical inspiration and communication with "god". In actuality they are opening themselves up to inspiration and communication with Satan and his demons as God does not come to us, or communicate to us, through any other means than the Word of God.
This is not new in (W)ELS as their Worship Committee's have been dabling in the Occult for many, many years using the deceptive goal of "finding new ways to reach the lost for Christ, using the tools of this world and culture that are relational, relevant and real."
Destroy the central doctrine of Christian faith, Justification by Faith Alone, with the false gospel of Universal Objective Justification and all God given discernment is gone and the Synods and churches will fall for anything.
This New Age Emergent (W)ELS church's website - http://www.sure-foundation.org/
Rogue Lutheran provided some great information on Taize -
http://www.roguelutheran.com/RL/Home/Entries/2010/4/24_Taize_Worship.html
More Info on Taize from their own satanic lips - http://www.taize.fr/en
