Wednesday, April 26, 2023

A Strange New World Emerges as the Nominal Lutheran Clergy Disappear and Move Toward Rome

 There are times when a visit to C. M. Almy's might be a better choice than Goodwill.

When I started this blog, I posted that mass bells were busting up that old gang of mine: Neuhaus, Wilken, Salzman, Pelikan. 

ALPB published that requests for new graduates as pastors were double the supply.

ALPB Online Discussion Board - "The Ovaltines"

Joined Roman Catholic Church 
 1. Richard J. Neuhaus (1990) LCMS, Seminex, ELCA, close friend of Wilken, LCMS, below. 
2. Robert L. Wilken (1994)..Professor at University of Virginia 
3. Leonard Klein (2003) 
4. Phillip M. Johnson (2006) 
5. Bruce Marshall..Professor at St. Olaf 
6. David Fagerberg..Professor at Concordia College, Moorhead 
7. Richard Hutter..Professor at Lutheran School of Theology, Chicago 
8. Mickey Mattox..Professor at Marquette University 
9. Michael Root (2010)..Professor at Trinity Lutheran Seminary, ELCA 
10 Russell Saltzman (2016) 

 Joined Orthodox Church 
1. Jaroslav Pelikan (1998).. Professor at Yale University, LCMS trained, later ELCA 
2. Jay Rochelle..Professor at Lutheran School of Theology, Chicago. Even the LSTC organ went Catholic! 
3. David Smith 
4. J. Thomas Shelley (2015) 
5. John Fenton - editor, LCMS Lutheran Service Book