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| Keith Free to the bean-counters: "This is no good - it looks like a church, not like a bar." |
Translation: "Since we are not offering praise band/light show services with foo-foo coffee and popcorn in a converted bar a few blocks from an established parish, WELS has decided to spend its money on more appropriate venues."
According to the WELS Church Locator, the nearest parishes are over forty miles from Milford. One has to wonder how many elderly people will be unable to travel this distance to receive Word and Sacrament in foul weather, which is probably close to one-third of the year there. How much has WELS blown on corporate offices?
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| Hideous! No room for a latte machine! |
Joel has left a new comment on your post "Narrow-Minded Asks Impertinent Questions":
The congregation was given assistance for 13 years. That is a long time for a mission congregation to be given help from the home mission board. From the pictures, it looks like it is a beautiful building and I'm sure it's going to be a hardship for the members. Sometimes, though, there have to be hard decisions like this. It's unfortunate but true. My prayers are with the pastor and members at Milford.
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GJ - Some might question the $500,000 plus spent on a stinky, empty bar for The CORE, especially since the people involved knew about all the un-pastoral activities there.
Speaking of financial stewardship - since when does a congregation (St. Peter, Freedom) with a huge budget ($1.4 million per year) need a bail-out to buy a bar, not to mention a loan to fix it up?
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bruce-church (https://bruce-church.myopenid.com/) has left a new comment on your post "Shepherd of the Lakes Lutheran Church Milford, Iow...":
It is 58 miles to Fairmont, which the WELS Locator says is the nearest WELS church to Milford, Iowa:
http://goo.gl/maps/cvSQl
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Wow! The BHM only fully funded the pastor at Milford, Iowa, for one year! Before that he was a tent minister, evidently meaning he had a day job. So the BHM gave the pastor only got one year to put some more people in the pews, and when that didn't happen, they yanked the funding and the congregation decided to close:
http://www.wels.net/missions/what039s-new-archive-united-states-home-missions-news
• Shepherd of the Lakes, Fairmont, Minn. Funding will help the congregation fully support Rev. Timothy Wahl, who had been serving as a tent minister since 2010 at a mission start in Milford, Iowa.
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GJ - Yes, a bar would have been missional, cutting edge, and froth with extra benefits, since they kept the wine and beer license. I never had a church building with a liquor license, but I was not born WELS - thank heavens.
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Adolph Hoenecke has left a new comment on your post "Narrow-Minded Asks Impertinent Questions":
Don't forget that a bar is also "real and relevant".....
