The couple said, "Pastor Jenswold agrees 100% with you."
I replied, "Really? He told his brother-in-law that I am mentally ill. I have that in writing."
The couple was just flabbergasted, because they hated the Church Growth Movement and joined Shepherd of Peace because I opposed CG in favor of Lutheran doctrine (imagine that).
The double-talk, which might be called lying, is standard in WELS. SP Schroeder never reads Ichabod, he claims, but he hunts down WELS members who post in Ichabod using their own names. You will not see clearly identified WELS people posting on Ichabod again. That is how WELS settles its dozens of doctrinal and criminal problems.
Schroeder got red-faced and wanted to tell me off at the Emmaus Conference, via Brett Meyer, but backed down. Yet he tells people "There are good things on Ichabod." But I thought he did not read Ichabod.
Since Jenswold is now in happy-Appleton-land, he may be posing as a great Ichabod expert. Perhaps Fox Valley is the catch-basin for Columbus effluent, since Glende reigns supreme there.
If Jenswold wants to talk, be sure to ask, "Didn't you say you agreed 100% with Jackson?"
WELS loves to say, "Write a letter." I sent certified letters to Jenswold, Lindemann, and Schroeder. Not one of them answered the letter, but all three signed the return receipt.
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Non-CG, traditional parishes are in short supply, and one can get a surprising good pastor if one states in the call that the congregation is interested in a no frills, by the book, liturgical service, and only a few children's sermons per year, and that the pastor plow all the time thereby saved into visitation, evangelism and integrating members into the congregation.
At a minimum the pastor should participate (or lead) in canvassing different neighborhoods within a couple miles radius of the church three times per year with flyers inviting people to Christmas and Easter services, and VBS week/VBS Sunday.
On another note, MLS has been without a president for almost a year now with numerous people returning the call. Now Rev. Paul Zell of WI Lutheran Seminary is considering a call there:
http://www.wels.net/news-events/zell-called-mls-president
Prof. Zell has declined the call.
http://mlsem.org/news/prof-paul-zell-declines-mls-presidents-call/
You lost me at "and only a few children's sermons per year"
Why any at all?
"At a minimum the pastor should participate (or lead) in canvassing different neighborhoods..."
That's marketing, not evangelism. Time would be better spent mailing the invitations. The "if you were to die tonight do you know where you'd be" confrontation routine is passe.
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