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| Mariann Budde could not contain the joy. The Lutheran Church in America and her Episcopalians once had 3 million members each. Budde now has half of that, according to Wiki. ELCA went from 5.3 million members in 1988 to half that amount (Wiki) in 2023. What would they have done without all the Church Growth books, lectures, and agitations? WELS and LCMS still envy the two - "Give us some of that what you have! Father Abraham, have mercy on us, and send Lazarus, that he may dip the tip of his finger in water, and cool our tongues; for we are tormented in this flame." (Luke 16, Waltherian paraphrase) The Big Five Apostates - ELCA-LCMS-WELS-ELS-CLC (sic) - are sinking in the mire of corrupt Bibles, horrible hymns, and grinning proponents of Fuller Seminary. The Slough of Despond is filled with the moans and regrets of their foolishness. "If this is how our journey begins, how much worse will it be in the end?" They burrow into the slime of their lust for success. |
