I guess it goes without saying. My folks and many left ALC and LCMS. They did so thinking they had found a church that was still Lutheran in the WELS. That was back in the 60s and 70s. Man did we all get fooled.
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GJ - We experienced the same thing, starting with the decline of the LCA, which was more conservative then - in most places - than WELS-ELS-LCMS-CLC (sic) are now. Synods definitely rot at the top first.
