Many years ago, a WELS pastor said to me, "Don't worry about Larry Olson. Everyone knows he's a heretic."
About 15 years later, another WELS pastor said, "Larry Olson is no threat. Everyone knows he's a heretic."
During those 15 harmless years, the Church Growth Enthusiasts have increased and multiplied, like thistles.
I wonder who prints up these Wisconsin bromides for everyone to repeat.
The results are different from the claims. Olson became the Waldo Werning Professor of Church Growth at Martin Luther College many years ago. Now Evangelism Day at MLC is an extravaganza for all the Church and Chicanery people, so they can be held up to impressionable youth as good examples. The 2008 and 2009 Enthusiasts at MLC are the same cast, with the elderly Paul Kelm as the keynote speaker.
Besides, Olson has a whole faculty of Staff Ministers all over the sect, carefully trained by him against Lutheran doctrine. Some of these people are women ministers. Some are men. Everyone is a minister. Where did this come from? Fuller Seminary, where Larry earned his drive-by D.Min.
