Febreze has left a new comment on your post "DP Jon Buchholz Drives Out Two Congregations While...":
This isn't the first time WELS leadership has come to congregations with a condescending attitude full of arrogance. They are bullies. Wake up people.
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GJ - Pope John the Malefactor used the same threat to get rid of pastors. Every time a congregation caves into the bullying, it gets worse.
DP Buchholz said he had the right to walk in and get rid of any pastor. But, he added about Jeff Gunn, "I have to be concerned about the souls of all those people."
If he were concerned, he would have gotten rid of the Fuller-faking false teachers. Instead, he embrace and welcomed and funded them. Now he wants to take the same management skills to Brazil?
Do not pray for him to leave the country. All the DPs are the same. If he does move to Brazil, to bring the message of everyone already saved, the next guy will be a carbon copy. What did the previous DP in California-Arizona do? He got rid of eight (8) pastors.
If they stick with "You're fired for membership losses," then the DPs should all be fired, along with the Church Growth staffs at Mequon, New Ulm, and Willowcreek Liberal College.
Has WELS grown in numbers with SP Mark Schroeder? Yes! Before, they had only ONE headquarters - The Love Shack. Now they have TWO headquarters - The Love Shack plus Pewaukee Universalist Towers.
They would give Mark another raise but Piepenbrink ran off with $300,000+ in funds.
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WELS church lady has left a new comment on your post "DP Jon Buchholz Drives Out Two Congregations While...":
Very sad letter! Where is our leadership. Perhaps some church and changer pastor/leader in the WELS has been opposed to the pastor that was suspended. So...retired WELS Pastor Bill Winter is "somewhat" responsible for the suspension? I have met with Pastor Winter, and we had a nice chit-chat. This was around fall/winter of 2011,as everyone was wearing coats.
I was very sorry to read Pastor Joel Lillo's latest comment on Fake-o-bod! I will not repeat it here. The infiltration faction of the WELS lied about Hochmuth and Bachmann. They will not mess with me, as they risk further exposure. THOSE THAT WERE DIRECTLY INVOLVED IN THE TWO SAID HOAXES SHOULD BE REVOKED AND KICKED TO THE CURB. SHOULD THEY BE WILLING TO CONFESS, THEN THEY SHOULD REMAIN WITH THE STATUS AS LAYMAN!
I will ask Brother "Steve" if he would be so polite as to expound on the situation in AZ.
In Christ,
Rebecca
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rlschultz has left a new comment on your post "DP Jon Buchholz Drives Out Two Congregations While...":
It makes me wonder if their pastor stepped on some toes. A similar situation happened to Pastor Hastings and historic old St. Johns. Pastor Hastings was removed from the clergy roster of the WELS. THis forced the hand of the membership. The WELS leadership says "either accept the sock puppet that we send your way or depart from the synod ye members who dare to oppose the mighty Oz of WELS leadership".