Hey Pastor:
About excessive drinking in WELS -
"I was taken aback in 2003 attending the WELS
biennial convention respresenting the district at the
beer tent right on campus in Watertown. I wondered how that could be, with so many WELS
pastors and teachers having gross alcohol problems - plus the rampant societal problems abuse of alcohol has caused this nation. I was one of them 30 years ago
as a WELS teacher. Why would the leadership would suppport tap beer at a spiritual event? Can they really see how those with less tolerance to such questionable exercises in
liberty might be completely turned off? I don't know if this situation has
changed since I last attended but I've felt that the WELS simply is too lenient
in attitude after all the carnage that this abuse has caused."
By the by, while we were still a mission congregation here the WELS pastor assigned to us brought his drinking problem here. Before he left (or was asked to leave?) he absconded with some of our offering money also! Needless to say his exploratory work was unsuccessful.
By the by, while we were still a mission congregation here the WELS pastor assigned to us brought his drinking problem here. Before he left (or was asked to leave?) he absconded with some of our offering money also! Needless to say his exploratory work was unsuccessful.
I had Al Just as a teacher at MLA and
knew the unforgettable Tabor brothers there also. Al Just: Was my teacher and coach. It was really weird talking with him at DMLC while I was taking certification courses and he was out on bail for murdering his wife. Remorse, what remorse?
I taught at one WELS school for several years, quit the WELS for a while, but have been involved for the last 20 years here in this state.
I taught at one WELS school for several years, quit the WELS for a while, but have been involved for the last 20 years here in this state.
May God bless you!
GJ - The leaders are cruel in allowing alcoholic ministers to wreck congregations without helping the men recover. Alcohol addiction is so common in WELS that no one sees the problem until it blows up on them. I heard one statement from a pastor I just met and knew he was an addict. He volunteered that Valium helped kick up the impact of an alcoholic drink. He left messes everywhere, but he was connected.
The problem begins with the amount of alcoholism in the leadership. One pastor pointed out a Love Shacker and said, "Now that is a drunk's drunk."
