To: Arrowhead1952
I see our LCMS now to be identical to the old Lutheran church in which I grew up. I don't recall the synod name then but then it became the ALC and eventually the ELCA. They fell off the cliff in 1988 with the merger where they became the ELCA.
What a travesty. My devout German Lutheran grandparents helped build that church. Can you image if they would see their "church" now.
20 posted on
03/21/2009 5:54:12 AM PDT by
Conservativegreatgrandma
(When the righteous rule, the people rejoice; when the wicked rule the people mourn. Proverbs 29;2)
To: Conservativegreatgrandma
We had some ALC congregations in our area when I grew up, and most of them changed to ECLA too. They also “fell off the cliff” a number of years ago. Now, many members are changing to the LCMS.
The biggest problem I see in the LCMS now is the many aged
pastors still working fulltime. Our congregation is in the process of calling another pastor. Most of the candidates are well up in years and want to retire in the warmer climate Texas has, but who can blame them.
21 posted on
03/21/2009 6:20:18 AM PDT by
Arrowhead1952
(It took almost 250 years to make the USA great and 30 days for BO to tear it down.)
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