ALPB Online
I was a Lutheran pastor, but that wasn't the point. I wasn't in a group that was in a fellowship agreement with the entire ELCA. So the bishop said the congregation had to either vote to disassociate with the parish or they would be disciplined.
There was one member of that congregation who asked the bishop publically (sic) what kind of pastor they could recieve (sic) if I wasn't (sic) their pastor. They were told that there was a Methodist, a UCC, and a Presbyterian minister who could serve them. The lady told the bishop she thought it odd that a Lutheran could not serve them, but a UCC minister who was a universalists (sic) could.
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GJ - The spelling matches the average WELS pastor's, and synodical management style does too. WELS, Missouri, and the Little Sect are even more finicky. A pastor must belong to the sect and to the accepted group within the sect. Then he can commit any crime he wants, abuse any member he chooses, and teach any doctrine that tickles his fancy.
WELS workers have a 007 certification. They can murder their spouses and have the sect cover for them, proclaim their innocence, and smear anyone who dissents from the official line.
WELS actually told the judge in the Zerbe case (vicar abuse of a minor girl in Fred Adrian's parish) that the synod knew of no other similar cases in their gigantic world-wide organization. When the girl's attorney proved that was a lie, the judge ordered WELS to come up with some facts.
Lying to the court is a felony, but Antinomians are born justified, guilt-free saints.
