I talked to Hunter on his way into the Purple Palace to met with the bosses.
Pope Paul Without a Call defended Barry's weakness on CG.
The LCMC (more like the ALC) now has 700+ congregations.
The NALC (more like the LCA, aka the Retired ELCA Bishops' Synod) has 200 congregations already.
Other congregations have formed around the LMS-USA, the AALC, and some other entities.
ELCA Bishop Mark Hanson has created around 1,000 congregations so far, mostly by forcing their exit from Whorely Mother Synod.
I recall Doctrinal Pussycat Robert Mueller saying, "We are not for Church GROWTH. We are for CHURCH growth." That was a Kelmism, I am sure.
