Be Strong in the Grace: ELS President's Newsletter: September 2006

Monday, September 04, 2006

ELS President's Newsletter: September 2006

Check out the ELS President's Newsletter for September 2006. The upcoming Confessional Worldview Seminar, being hosted by my church this October, gets a nice plug (although I'm not sure about the usage of the word, "free" since we are charging a fee of $95.00 for 2 1/2 days of outstanding presenters, delicious meals and three nights of Tabletalk. Presenters of the caliber we have obtained have mortgages to pay, too!

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The ELS: Tempest in a Teapot

I found our current church six years ago, after an exhausting, draining and depressing 24 year search for "the perfect church". Coming from the doctrinal sandy ground of American Evangelicalism, the Evangelical Lutheran Synod seemed at first to be paradise. In time, I discovered the how and why of the current state of Lutheranism. I also had to face the realities of synods that sometimes seem to attack one another. An ELS pastor wrote to me these words of encouragement:

"The ELS is a "little" synod, but can be a complicated place! We are basically a miniature version of what the old synodical conference was - Norwegian Synod (ELS), WELS and LCMS born and bred people all attempting to co-exist together as adults.

Basically I want to tell you to take heart. Your synod wants to be faithful to God's Word. Therefore the devil wants to rob us of our treasure and all of divisiveness is the result of his efforts. So you are in the right place. Also, you are in a faithful congregation at your church with faithful pastors. So, ignore the attacks. "