Knudson
Faith Lutheran Church where I belong and work very part time on a contractual basis voted for the second time today. The vote was 172 to 7, a 96% majority. There was a good spirit and the synod rep was very gracious in his remarks, which our longest time pastor noted to him appreciatively and publicly. The other ELCA congregation in Hutchinson, MN. voted also for the second time to leave but by the very thinnest of margins, .667%. Have not yet heard a report on the aftermath of that. It is hard to see that level of division. [GJ - Does he mean 66.7% or a margain of .667%?]
Yesterday we held the constituting convention of the Augustana District of LCMC. That meeting was held here at Faith with 141 in attendance from 35 congregations, some from Wisconsin and Nebraska. Most were from Minnesota. There were another ten participating over an internet link. Again a positive spirit was present and a sense of anticipation. This is not saying all 35 congregations will join. Three groups of folk were there from Marshall, Morris, and Alexandria, Minnesota representing LCMC congregations in various stages of being formed.
ICHABOD, THE GLORY HAS DEPARTED - explores the Age of Apostasy, predicted in 2 Thessalonians 2:3, to attack Objective Faithless Justification, Church Growth Clowns, and their ringmasters. The antidote to these poisons is trusting the efficacious Word in the Means of Grace. John 16:8. Isaiah 55:8ff. Romans 10. Most readers are WELS, LCMS, ELS, or ELCA. This blog also covers the Roman Catholic Church, Eastern Orthodoxy, and the Left-wing, National Council of Churches denominations.
Monday, May 24, 2010
More ELCA Fugitives
