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Wednesday, May 21, 2003

•••Ouch!!! What were you saying, Henny Penny? From the May 21st edition of Christianity Today online: Sources say key leadership elections and resolutions, including the 2001 "once in a lifetime" rule, will be major battlefields at the St. Louis meeting next July. LCMS leaders say divisions are deep enough that a split is possible. "The 2004 synod convention will be a moment of truth," Benke says. "If there is a [balanced] election with [politically] mixed resolutions passed, it might encourage everyone to stick around and fight some more. Or maybe people will finally agree to disagree. [But] there is danger of a formal rift." A key figure in the 2004 conference will be LCMS president Gerald Kieschnick, who was originally charged with promoting syncretism and unionism for allowing Benke to participate in the Yankee Stadium event. However, the LCMS Commission on Constitutional Matters ruled that only the synod convention could rule on charges against a president. His term ends at the 2004 meeting, but he could be reelected. Kieschnick considers the Yankee Stadium debate closed but knows that tensions remain. "If some individuals or groups decide they disagree with what the Missouri Synod teaches, believes, and confesses, they have the responsibility to discuss their dissent," Kieschnick says. "If they are unable to persuade the rest of the church body that they are right, then they have a choice to make." I'm having a very difficult time reading that last paragraph to be saying anything besides: I double-dawg DARE y'all to say "It AIN'T OK to Pray"   7:14:51 PM   googleit 151

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