Most people in the Syn Conference want to be left alone. Some want to see a move from the relentless pursuit of change for the sake of change. Almost no one is willing to face the 80-160 history of abandoning Luther and the Confessions.
The Changers in WELS have cleverly set up so many targets that attacking one (Ski and Glende) only excites the defensive network of friends developed over the years by the Gurgle-Valleskey-Wendland team.
The Intrepids have only one battle to face, but they "fought without discipline and ran without shame" to quote Gibbon.
That battle is for the efficacy of the Word alone. Thus, the Intrepids are stranded on the shoals with Cap'n Huff-N-Puff. They are different from him only in degree, because he adheres to Universal Objective Justification.
What can DP Buchholz say, when has proclaimed--in a convention essay--that the entire world is saved? Buchholz may not be singing from the same page in the hymnal as Jeff Gunn (aka Jeff Gun on the Changer websty), but he is singing from the same hymnal.
No one critical of Fuller's influence in WELS, Missouri, or the Little Sect is willing to give up on their precious UOJ opinion. Although some UOJ Stormtroopers--like Jay Webber, Jon Buchholz, and the Intrepids--are mildly critical of Church Growth, they are determined to defend universal grace without the Means of Grace in the face of Biblical, Confessional, and historical facts devastating to their quirky cause.
