Monday, June 5, 2023

Canada's Lutheran Education Has Moved into Stealth Mode, Eh?

 

ELCiC Bishop since 2007 - Susan Johnson. Her bio? So far I have not found it.

My alma mater in Canada was formed to provide Lutheran pastors there. One man walked down to the States to get that dream started in Waterloo, Ontario. Waterloo Lutheran Seminary started small and remained small, yet it built a university around it, WLU. That became Wilfred Laurier U. to obtain more government financial support. The seminary barely exists but offers more degrees than it has students.

"In Fall 2022, Martin Luther University College established Luther’s Queer Space, a social extracurricular program aimed at creating drop-in events for 2SLGBTQQIA+ identified students to connect, have fun and de-stress throughout the year."

Apparently, the building is mostly devoted to counseling. The chapel offers dog days where students sit on floor cushions and pet dogs.

 Note - Keffer Chapel, not dog pound.

An excellent - probably little used - pipe organ graces Keffer Chapel.

These are WELS women dancing with gossamer wings or carpet protectors. The pews seem almost empty. This is where everything is going. Dogs and cushions will be next.

 

LCMS Partners Falling Apart

"The LCC currently has two seminaries, CLS-Edmonton, and Concordia Lutheran Theological Seminary in St. Catharines, Ontario.

According to The Association of Theological Schools Commission on Accrediting, Concordia Theological Seminary-St. Catherines has 18 full-time students and 4 faculty."

Susan Johnson (Waterloo Lutheran Seminary graduate) was voted in as ELCiC Bishop - ELCA with a kick. All the Lutherans up north will barely amount to statistic soon.