Reclaim News (On the LCMS)

Lito (lpcruz), this post is for you!   I have been wanting to post something about the LCMS for you since you wrote a comment to me on May 12th of this year.   The first two articles are just prime examples of the horrid decay going on in the LCMS.  I don't know much about the other articles but left them in this news bulletin anyway.  I hope you will check out Reclaim News!   Blessings!
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June 26, 2006


"Kieschnick, Ohio, California, BOD Election Fraud, Balfour for President"


LCMS President Kieschnick to Ohio District Convention:

In discussion in response to a query at the Ohio District Convention about
possibly revisiting the '04 Synod Convention (and CTCR) position on the role
of women in the church, President Kieschnick made this pronouncement:

"You are free to disagree, everyone is free to disagree, but let me say
this:  You, pastors, are NOT free to publicly teach or preach that Synod is
wrong on ANY given issue.  I'll say it again, you are NOT free to teach in a
bible class or preach from the pulpit that Synod is wrong on any issue."

It appears that the LCMS is now infallible, that is, if you want to collect
your pension.

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Pacific Southwest District:

This Baptist prayer was included in a proposed sermon sent to pastors in the
Pacific Southwest District for their laymen to read while the pastors were
at the PSWD Convention.

"Dear God, Thank you for sending Your Son Jesus Christ to earth.  I believe
Jesus was who He said He was and proved it by rising from death.  I want to
discover and begin following Your plan for my life.  I want to get to know
You personally.  Thank You, Jesus Christ, for dying and rising for me and
forgiving all my sins.  I now ask You into my heart and accept You as my
Lord and Savior, and your free gift of eternal life.  Amen"

We must assume that the lay people in these churches were asked to convert
to Christianity.

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Board of Directors May 2006 Election Rejects Its Own Vote for Postponement

Before the two new candidates were elected to the LCMS Board of Directors,
the Board had voted 7 to 6 on May 23, 2006 to postpone all elections to the
Board Directors and other boards.

How can there be a legal election after they had already voted to postpone
this election and others?

However, President Kieschnick announced that he would not sign the agreement
with the plaintiffs in the class action lawsuit if the two vacant seats on
the Board of Directors were not filled by the Board of Directors on May
23rd.

The fact is that Walther Brantz had already been elected to fill one of the
empty seats on the Board of Directors in April.  How can the Board reverse
its own election?  If the CCM reversed the election, they certainly were not
able to reverse the postponement.

Does Dr. Robert Kuhn know how to run a meeting?

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Here's part of what the latest LCMS E-News says about the Board of
Directors:

The Board of Directors filled vacancies on a number of Synod boards
(including two of its own seats), the Board for Pastoral Education, and the
Board of Directors for Concordia Plan Services/Board of Managers -- Worker
Benefit Plans.  Also filled was a vacancy on the Concordia Publishing House
(CPH) Board of Directors.

Those elected to fill the vacancies are the following:
LCMS Board of Directors (two laymen) -- Roy Schmidt of Bay City, Mich., and
David Piehler, Wausau, Wis.;

Board for Pastoral Education (one clergyman) -- Rev. Kenton Wendorf,
Grafton, Wis.;

Board of Directors -- Concordia Plan Services/Board of Managers -- Worker
Benefit Plans (one clergy and two lay) -- Rev. Ronald Carnicom, Hackensack,
Minn; Frederick Draegel, Richmond, Va.; and Mark E. Schmidtke, Valparaiso,
Ind.; and

CPH Board of Directors (one clergy) -- Rev. Philip Esala, Centerville, Ohio.

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Balfour For LCMS President

Reverend Edward Balfour, a member of the LCMS Board of Directors, has agreed
to allow his name to be placed in nomination for LCMS President and/or First
Vice President at the 2007 LCMS Convention.

Reclaim News has not endorsed any candidate for LCMS President since Daniel
Preus withdrew his name from consideration in 2001.

As a member of the Board of Directors, Balfour is fully aware of the Synod's
structure, challenges, and opportunities.

Balfour is qualified to carry out the duties of the LCMS Presidency with
honesty and integrity and to confront corruption and negligence.  He fully
endorses the historic polity of Walther's "Church and Ministry."

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