The LCMS is more like a buffer between ELCA and the Four Waltherian Cults - Missouri plus WELS, the ELS, and the CLC (sic). The little ones look up to the bigger ones.
I often heard WELSian expressions of awe and wonder about the size of ELCA - 5.3 million members in 1988, compared to ELCA's 3 million today. Doubtless the numbers for all five are shrinking much faster than that. Honesty has never been a strong point for any of these fake Lutherans. They look down their noses at one another, grab their Thrivent loot, and run off to study with Andy Stanley and many other charlatans.
The clergy of all five are close to worthless. I know some have retained knowledge of the Reformation and teach accordingly. Justification by Faith is almost completely lost, and the same people who took Biblical vows years ago are now much more inspired by the path to pagan excess.
Watch and listen as "Lutheran" pastors ignore and mock the Biblical truths of Martin Luther, Melanchthon, and Chemnitz. The 500th anniversary of the Reformation was in 2017, and Missouri commemorated it with foolish, stupid merch (as they call it) from their Concordia Publishing House. I managed to save some graphics of their Reformation ideas, below.
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| Two fake doctors selling fake Reformations. |
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| A coaster for your drinks. |
