WELS Leads the Way - To Calvin

 "You call yourselves Orthodox Lutherans? or is that Confessional Lutherans?"

Dear Pastor Jackson,

Here are a few facts about Keith & Kristyn Getty, I had to dig for the facts because their theological position is not published.

They are associated to some degree with Calvinists/Baptists John Piper (Fuller Seminary Graduate), John MacArthur and Alistair Begg. 

Source:

https://gettymusicworshipconference.com/. (bottom of page)

https://www.gracechurch.org/leader/Getty/Keith

"They are from Ireland, Kristyn grew up in a Christian household, the eldest of four in Glengormley as a member of an independent church, while Keith was also the eldest or four, raised as a Christian in the Presbyterian Church in Lisburn".

Source:

https://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/life/weekend/hitting-the-right-notes-hymn-writer-keith-getty-on-why-it-took-him-some-time-to-woo-wife-kristyn-37196805.html

I had never heard of them prior to reading Ichabod earlier this evening.

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https://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/229227

Event

Keith & Kristyn Getty & Friends Live in Concert!

On Saturday, April 14 at 7:00 PM, at The First Church of the Nazarene of Pasadena, the Brehm Center presents Keith and Kristyn Getty Live in Concert. Over the past decade, the Gettys have been at the forefront of the modern hymn movement, demonstrating the ability to successfully bridge the gap between the traditional and contemporary. That evening, accompanied by a full band plus the Fuller Vocal Ensemble, they'll be performing some of their best-known songs including "In Christ Alone," "The Power of the Cross," and "O Church, Arise."

Founded in 2001 to be a voice for integration of the arts in the lives of the church and its people, Fuller Theological Seminary's Brehm Center for Worship, Theology and the Arts celebrates its 10th anniversary with a weekend of events April 13-15 (to find out more, visit Brehm Center 10th Anniversary event listing).


Ticket Prices:

Artist's Circle: $30.00
General Admission: $25.00
General Admission (Children 5 and over/ Students): $15.00
Children ages 5 and younger: free, though all attendees must have a ticket--please select

Group Sales: For every 10 tickets you buy, get 1 free! Contact us at brehmcenter@fuller.edu or 626-304-3789 to take advantage of this rate.

Proceeds benefit the Brehm Scholarship Fund.

WELS New Keith Getty Hymnal

 Keith and Krstyn Getty - “This is the first point in history that what is being sung by the church is not being decided on by the leadership of the church.” Except in WEL$.

I never heard of this duo, their music, or the stampede to make the WELS new hymnal the Keith Getty Retirement Fund. It does seem that Jeske's Church and Change Your Doctrine Mob has in fact imposed their will on the entire synod. And boy, will people pay dearly for that.

So far I have not found out what this couple actually believes.

The irony is that the gas-bag imitations of cool churches in WELS do not want a hymnal at all. And Getty is more prominent in the new hymnal than Gerhardt.

Remember when the "conservative" Lutheran leaders pretended to celebrate the Gerhardt 400th? One ELS professor said about theologian Johann Gerhard - "I really like his hymns." That is the Little Sect that hired a New Testament professor with less education than his students. But - Moldstad finally got a bachelor's degree and soon became Pope John the Unready.

 Start them young and they will get real tattoos later.