This from the July 2, 2011 LCMS Reporter:
ELCA, LCMS continue talks on 'cooperation in externals'
"Harrison reported that the Synod and the Wisconsin Evangelical Lutheran Church (sic) were continuing conversations initiated while Dr. Gerald B. Kieschnick was LCMS president. In WELS, Harrison said, 'there's a new wind blowing about talking with Missouri.'"
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And this from the Reporter as well (you do the math on how this relates to Time of Grace):
Regarding Recognized Service Organizations (RSOs), Harrison said the LCMS would likely be more conscious of RSOs conforming to LCMS doctrine and practice. - ELCA, LCMS continue talks on 'cooperation in externals'
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I forgot to add a "sic" after Wisconsin Evangelical Lutheran "Church." The WELS is so off the radar in Lutheranism that the author of the article (or the editor) didn't know correct name.
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I would like to know why LCMS would even want to be in fellowship with WELS...they are trying in some cases to become much more confessional...WELS on the other hand has become such a pietist sect ejecting the confessions for so much church growth marketing...even more so than Missouri. Management by objective has become WELS mantra since the Changers are in charge...the parasite is looking for a new host since the current host is dying...or jumping ship...or getting the left jackboot of fellowship...
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GJ - Long ago Herman Otten gave me a Church Growth poster that Robert Preus had sent him. On the poster, Preus wrote, "WELS is worse than we are." That was in the 1980s and continues to be true, since WELS can leveral false doctrine so easily.
I also want to add that the younger WELS men (excluding most Boomers) are much better.
