Two Wisconsin Synods exist.One is officially headed by the synod president, Mark Schroeder.
The second Wisconsin Synod is headed by Mark Jeske and run by the administration, magazine, and schools of the synod.
Cannibal CongregationsMillions of dollars are wasted because the Second WELS deliberately sets up new missions near established WELS congregations and parasitizes them, coaxing their members out by playing Shrinker games.
The Shrinkers have the Eighth Commandment on their lips at all times, but do they obey the Tenth?
The Tenth Commandment.
Thou shalt not covet thy neighbor's wife, nor his man-servant, nor his maid-servant, nor his cattle, nor anything that is his.
What does this mean?--Answer.
We should fear and love God that we may not estrange, force, or entice away our neighbor's wife, servants, or cattle, but urge them to stay and [diligently] do their duty.That must include pastors enticing members away from another congregation, especially when they belong to the same synod.
Gurgle and Patterson in Round Rock, TexasThe forced-to-leave-office Gurgle and Kudu Don Patterson are setting up a church and school two miles from the WELS mission called
Christ the Rock (Doebler). Gurgle, who is always full of himself, cannot even spell, but he is crowing about this great outreach - which will take a whole lot of money. Most people expect a failed SP to live on the roughly $3 million he earned while driving his synod into insolvency, but Gurgle had to have a job where the teachers lost wages to pay him.
Note that a leading layman at Patterson's church is named Stelljes.
The LOL MissionRemember how Kudu Don gathered up a bunch of WELS church workers for the pan-denominational Exponential Conference in Orlando, Florida? John Stelljes was rumored to be among the chosen.
John Stelljes opened up
Light of Life near two other WELS congregations and is taking members from them.
The mission folks from the Second Synod set up LOL without asking anyone and plunked it near two others. That is how Hagedorn has wasted offering money to keep the Church and Change takeover moving ahead.
Shrinking the Shrinker Church
WELS did the same thing near
Larry Olson's church, setting up Mark Paustian (Church and Change) to raid the local congregations. Love's Park is trying to raise money to move away, another large expense created by the enormous expense of setting up the cannibal congregation. Paustian moved on to Mary Lou College.
CrossWalkJeff Gunn has done the same thing in Phoenix for the Second Synod by raiding WELS congregations for members. Note that any criticism of Church and Change is met by cries of "Unbrotherly!"
Latte ChurchRandy Hunter was given a vicar to train him in raiding nearby WELS congregations. Many congregations cannot get vicars, but the Shrinkers can. Grant money flows to Second Synod.
The best part of my job is knowing that my work directly impacts the spiritual lives of those who worship here and enables them to connect with God. I say this with a full and complete understanding (and appreciation!) of the fact that the actual work is done by the Holy Spirit through the means of grace – but it is a great privilege and a great joy to be an instrument in ‘administering God’s grace’ in the form of worship gatherings.The SOREThe Second Synod's most ridiculous mission was set up next door to an established WELS church. Ski seems to be limited to running his silly Groeschel echo chamber as a perpetual youth rally. Ski and Glende even painted a Groeschel slogan on the wall.
See the photos here. The Groeschel mantra is this: "In order to reach the people no one else has reached, we must do the things no one else has done." Part of the slogan is in the photographs from a WELS member's blog.
"Certainly, there may have been some guests and visitors from other areas, but more often than not these were just local WELSians. If there was any doubt of this analysis, it could be confirmed in the worship songs. It is funny to see WELS members trying to be the happy clappy type." My Thoughts
Ski fills the place with local WELS youth at a fantastic cost. Who is paying for all this? Is Hagedorn sending synod money on top of support from Patmos or whoever else is being tapped?
The Second Synod demands answers but does not offer any.
WELS Members Are the Suckers Financing the Fine, Young Cannibals
By now most readers have concluded that the Second Synod is run for itself and its greedy, narcissistic leaders. All the slogans about outreach are a smokescreen. These belly-servers are not interested in any real work, but they do want the money of the members.
