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| "Bless you WELS Mission Board, for buying that bankrupt bar for me. And thanks for ignoring the WELS downtown church a short walk away." |
Glende, fresh from WLS in Mordor, had to have things his way. The Mission Board let him force a "redevelopment" so he could have money to dump the campus location for one way out of town.
By the time Glende got done with Star of Bethlehem, few members were left and the new building was not even built. He vamoosed to St. Peter in Freedom, Wisconsin, a Church and Change free enterprise zone.
After taking over from Ron Ash, Glende hired his MLS friend Ski to spend oodles of money traveling around with him at various crack-pot Evangelical training camps, including gay activist Andy Stanley, closet Babtist.
Several women cried throughout the meeting. The purpose was simply to tell them that WELS would take over the property and shut down the congregation. WELS had no interest in providing mission support and a regular worship service.
I suppose that is only for congregations like St. Peter in Freedom, with $1.4 MILLION budget.
The parish cannot close during the school year because it is a designated evacuation site for two schools nearby.