Metrics are king - or rather queen - in the denominations, the driving and dying force in all the denominations. ELCA strives to be even worse than before, and the Walther Four - LCMS-WELS-ELS-CLC (sic) are nothing more than lint on Velcro. Waltherians stick closely to ELCA because they are on the same winding path downward.
One ELCA genius keeps track of bishops who happen to be women - but this male bishop does not address the gay/lesbian metric, which has its own cheering section:
Extraordinary Lutheran Ministries - Queer Seminarians & Rostered Leaders in the Lutheran Church.
Yet he - Bishop Michael Rinehart - fails to offer the metrics for the consecrated and consecrating rainbow herd of prelates. They are ashamed to tell the truth, or at least to the millions who suffer the apostasy and donate money for support.
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| WELS warned against the new snip and clip Bibles, offering this graphic above, never minding their own precious NIV monstrosities, backed by their District Popes. The latest NIV included double justification in Romans 3, though the "all are justified" in not in the Greek. There are two major themes in WELS - cross-dressing and lying, both products of the hazing culture |
All the denominations rushed downward after WWII, making fun of the KJV but not telling the truth about their new, semi-shredded translations. The Waltherians were just as bad as the LCA-ALC, just as phony as their Christian News Beck Bibles, which followed the same template as the shredded apostate Bible.
I could stop here, because the case is closed. The barn doors are open and locked in that position, thanks to greed, skirt-chasing millionaires, and Thrivent (in descending order).
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| Larry's WELS buddy insisted (in Otten's Christian News) that the misled boy never went to Fuller Seminary, though Larry did finish a D.Min. in Church Growth there. |
This is how the deliberate Biblical errors are infecting all aspects of congregations:
Fuller Seminary evangelism was led by Donald McGavran, a Disciples of Christ pro-abortion sociologist (grand slam for baseball fans), greatly influencing LCMS, WELS, and ELCA. It nothing more than expensive baloney, marked by devastating losses of their membership.
Fuller kicked out their earlier, feeble inerrancy pledge and shouted at everyone that their weak inerrancy was holding them back from being really significant (unrestrained). Fuller Seminary was glad to re-invent the feminist Bible and disciplined any student or DP who questioned the feminist pastors they were developing.
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| You know a successful church when the service is followed by an expensive food court. One summary of the Hybels scandal suggested that they had a squadron of like-minded ministers. They were no different from denominational and synodical staff. |
WELS and other fools paid big money to Bill Hybels' Willow Creek (cross-free) Church. I was there but not on a scholarship from the Milwaukee hypocrites. After 40 years of adultery, Hybels resigned from all his affiliations, copyrights, and trophies for being a really cool pastor. He is worth is $35 million. Others have taken over his Willow Creek.
Hybels was chasing female staff around the desk while insisting that he had to have feminist Bibles in churches. He started a club for denominational fools, and that seems to be a source of loot too. I know of WELS and LCMS congregations that also affiliated with Willow Creek.
Hybels is a perfect example of Look How Successful I Am!
Fuller will soon be so loose that they will serve Bud Light on tap, and many seminaries will follow. Notre Dame served beer on tap for their seminary students.
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| WELS has boasted about having "Bible studies" at bars, and doubtless shares that gimmick with LCMS. |
