Twenty Years of Silence - Too Late for the WELS-tanic?

As I mentioned before, the defunding of the educational system in WELS was well known in 1987, 20 years ago (for those who went to public schools). I heard Voss, head of Worker Training, give a presentation on the decreasing share of the synod dollar. Worker Training was getting a smaller percentage each year, a drastic reduction already at that point.

Shortly after that presentation, Paul Prange became president of Michigan Lutheran prep in Saginaw and Mark Schroeder became president of Northwestern Prep in Watertown. WELS closed the debacle known as Prairie and merged it with Northwestern to make it Luther Prep.

The defunding continued but nothing was said. Prange and Schroeder are both good men, more than I could say for most WELS leaders. During the last 20 years, nothing much has come from either school, the boards running them, the presidents, the alumni, the parents, about the obvious fate of the schools. Now that both are vitually closed, with the college sinking fast, the muted howling has begun.

The Issues in WELS papers are so distant from the real issues that they amaze and confound anyone with sense. Reading Issues in WELS would make most people believe they were reading the minutes of the Ladies Aid Society aboard the Titantic.
1. Cabin Window Curtains - Should They Be Closed or Open During a Squall?
2. Red or White - How To Pick a Wine During a Formal Dinner.
3. Tipping Properly and with Discretion.

After hitting the iceberg, the final resolution of the Ladies Aid would be, modeled after Issues in WELS:

Resolved - We shall not break the 8th commandment while sinking.