"Ahem," clearing throat. "I have a casuistry question for the brothers."
"You have the floor, legalist."
"Thank you, DP Hategood. One pastor tagged a sidewalk, apologized, and paid all damages the next day.
A neighboring pastor attended Fuller Seminary and spent his career mocking the efficacy of the Word and spreading Church Growth false doctrine.
Which one should be disciplined?"
Cries of "Hang the tagger! Hang the tagger!"
DP Hategood, "Settle down. We will give the odious, ruthless tagger a fair trial before we hang him. Our wonderful glorious neighbor was working outside the framework of fellowship when he sought some practical advice from that school, which really should be ours - we spent so much synod money there. The Fuller man should be a synod consultant, a chairman of something or other, and First VP of the Synod, to replace our fallen comrade Wayne Mueller."
"Wayne resigned his position, sir."
"Our glorious fallen comrade. And the tagger should be hanged at noon, after a fair trial before ten kind, merciful, Trinity Deerfield graduates and fellow pastors."
"But, but."
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Joel has left a new comment on your post "Does Attendance at Fuller Seminary Mean Discipline...":
Question: What do you mean by tagging a sidewalk? I've seen this referneced (sic) a couple of times, but I'm not familiar with this expression. Just curious.
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GJ - Pastor Kevin Hastings, at historic St. John's, got peeved with another WELS congregation and sprayed a little paint on the sidewalk at that church. That is called "tagging," which really means putting a gang sign in spray-paint on a building. Kevin apologized and paid a fine or damages...immediately. WELS went after him hammer and tong, kicking out of the ministerium. His congregation left with him.
So there is discipline in WELS - but it is always messed up. There is more to the story about who felt he had to drive Kevin out, plus other despicable things, but I will leave it at that, which is on the public record.
Driving drunk does not get a WELS pastor kicked out. It may get him a call to Thoughts of Faith or a raise at The Sausage Factory.
