 |
| Read the current DP Report - a hoot: Everything but the Gospel, which Buchholz despises. |
Starting with SP Naumann, WELS began its program of aping Church Growth. The first eructation sounded forth in 1977 - TELL. One of the editors was Paul Kelm, Fuller Seminary alumnus. The administration grew with clergy devoted to Fuller, Trinity in Deerfield, Willowcreek - or all three.
Church and Change Founders - Steve Witte, John Parlow, John Lawrenz - made sure their nests were feathered and their disciples rewarded.
Meanwhile, WELS was selling indulgences to wealthy adulterers who believed as little as synod leaders did. Why not use business methods to make WELS a big, booming success? Nothing unites atheists in the church more than pretending to be businessmen. Business loved that - or pretended to - and forked over money that disappeared faster than water on a hot skillet.
The unbelieving clergy went along with this, because those who objected were ejected. Since that opened up new calls, no survivor minded.
 |
| Fresh from the ELCA orchards - selective diversity. |
In the 1980s, WELS already had laity snarling about "Page 5 and 15" churches. Those horrible congregations used The Lutheran Hymnal and followed the liturgy! Horrors!
DPs like Robert Mueller made it clear that the anti-Lutheran congregations were ideal, but liturgical congregations and pastors were something to fix. And they did fix them. What better way than to make serial adulterers and drunks the guiding lights of Columbus, Ohio.
I know a number of DUI convictions among the WELS clergy. Not one was removed from the ministry or even punished in any way. But I can easily name men who were pushed out for criticizing Church Growth, for questioning Thrivent or the NIV, and even for asking questions about WELS finances.
Clergy adultery is not a sin in WELS - it's a hobby.
 |
| Buchholz is Jeff Gunn's protector, but announced sadly how he just had to get rid of Pastor Rydecki for teaching justification by faith. |
 |
| Stars of the WELS gay video. All of them have been rewarded with jobs - one with a DP. |
 |
| Martin Luther College students jumped to defend their favorite video. |
Doebler first appeared on this blog, praying for a $200,000 grant so he could hire a worship leader. He already had mission funds and a gift from the Ladies Aid, but he needed so much more. After a few more years of Pat the Bunny Easter services (modeling Don Patterson) and awful music, Doebler jumped on a jet to teach at the Asian porta-seminary. Now Ski is there in Round Rock - a sobering thought. Perhaps he can buy a bar with someone else's money.
 |
| Twenty sub-woofers! The entire synod structure got behind Ski, no matter what he did. Ski and Glende have devoured enough money for 20 missions, but WELS closed Glende's first disaster in Savoy, Illinois, not willing to give them a pittance to stay open. |
Schroeder went to Appleton to cut a deal favoring Ski. Deputy Doug bragged about it, and I posted the boast. Ski went from no job (but still living in a luxury house) to CRM status. Before anyone knew about the CRM status, Ski had a call via Kudu Don Patterson. How many others get treated this way in WELS?
Connections? Glende vicared for Mark Jeske. Ski worked at Jeske's home base, St. Marcus. Ski was on the Church and Change board. Ron Ash, the previous minister at St. Peter Freedom (where Glende is now senior) was chairman of the Church and Change board.
Mark Schroeder backed this enormous waste of money and abuse of the pastoral office, and yet he complains about a lack of cash-flow. Bookkeeper - audit thyself.
 |
| Parlow, Jeske, Kelm, and Ski's new boss - Patterson. |
