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| The altar of Historic St. John Lutheran Church, Milwaukee. |
rlschultz has left a new comment on your post "Do Not Question Holy Mother Synod":
The pastors who were the heavy lifters in the Olde Synodical Conference lived a pauper's life. Even Walter Meyer of the Lutheran hour lived a spartan lifestyle. The parsonage next to Old St. John's is still standing, though it is unoccupied. It was solidly built, but is nothing fancy. The congregation supported the pastor not because he preached the Word, rather so that he could preach the Word. I have seen present day pastors live in homes and take vacations that a majority of their members could only dream of. They are often very brazen about it. Routine home visitation of members by their pastors would give these guys a better glimpse as to how their parishioners live. Perhaps they would then realize how unfair it is to try and fleece their members through non-stop capital appeals.
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GJ - The St. John parsonage is quite humble next to the majestic church building.
What an investment the church is - the exterior and interior are awe-inspiring. The organ is priceless. The stained glass windows and altar are uniquely beautiful.
Out of pure spite, the DP drove the congregation and pastor out of WELS. Recently the same junkyard dogs tried to kick St. John out of the cemetery association, illegally of course. One of them is the First VP of WELS, a proud alumnus of Fuller Cemetary, where Lutherans die - to be reborn as Shrinkers.
Brenner served as president and pastor at the same time. Naumann began the trend of the full-time salaried president. Mischke started out humbly, with Gladys as his secretary. They had an office in the NPH building. But Mischke built an empire of bureaucrats, all voted in by the servile delegates.
The pastors do not visit their own members because they do not rely on the Word of God. The Sausage Factory teaches them to despise the Confessions and trust in Fuller gimmicks. They need to sit at their computers and plan for miraculous growth.
Making Paul Kelm the head of Leadership at Wisconsin Lutheran (sic) College is like appointing General George Custer to be head of West Point Military Academy.
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| Pulpit, Historic St. John Lutheran Church, Milwaukee. |
