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| St. Paul, German Village, Columbus, Ohio is now in a high crime area, but it has a lot of endowment money. Very few attend church and hardly any use the school. Plums wither up and become prunes, especially when they are built on the quicksand of Fuller Seminary business theory. Where are the WELS Church Growth counselors with their Church Growth principles? |
The Big Five - ELCA-LCMS-WELS-ELS-CLC (sic) enjoy their baskets of money. They look up to ELCA with burning envy, because ELCA dominates the Thrivent agenda - "From Your Pocket To Ours!"
Thrivent thunked up (from the German word for very stupid) the idea that the synods could sell their Irrevocable Charity Trusts by means of Giving Counselors aka Annuity Salesmen. All an annuity contract needs is a designation of the loot and a signature on the bottom line. No insurance fees, no blood workup. Suddenly, the estate is moved into the greedy jaws of the synods, who hesitate to call the contracts Irrevocable.
Colleges and congregations come and go - but they are in the go cycle now. Acres and piles of masonry were gathered to make a good impression. Now the emptiness is making a bad impression on anyone who might visit, and a burden on the remaining members.
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| Many wish the World's Most Interesting Kid to come back and repair the damage wrought by Church Growth bullies, mendicants, and snake oil salesmen. |
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