Is this syncretism?:
I have been WELS all my life, gone to WELS grade and high schools. However, it always bothered me why people in our synod seem convinced that most other denominations are automatic...
Last Modified: 04/26/2005 11:10:59 |
Akron Ruke:
What is the Akron rule of 1872? Would we concur with it or not? Why?
Last Modified: 04/22/2005 11:55:02 |
Dialogue w/CLC?:
I was just wondering recently what our synod has been doing to pursue diaglogue with the CLC? I know that it has been over a decade since the two groups spoke formally and it would...
Last Modified: 04/18/2005 11:24:28 |
Theses on Church Fellowship:
I am a CLC member, and I have read your previous response on fellowship with the CLC, and have been studying the issue of division that seems to revolve around Romans 16:17. This ...
Last Modified: 04/11/2005 07:38:35 |
fraternal organizations:
Why is it a sin to belong to a fraternal organization such as the BPOELKS?
Last Modified: 04/07/2005 06:51:31 |
Public School Fellowship:
Unfortunatley, my wife and I do not live in an area where there is a WELS day school available for our children to attend. What a blessing they are! So our kids have to attend a pu...
Last Modified: 03/26/2005 10:04:12 |
Wrestling:
Is it against the WELS to have coed wrestling? If so, why and at what age.
Last Modified: 03/24/2005 10:34:05 |
les feldick:
Les Feldick is an Oklahoma farmer that does Bible studies on WHT. Is he in fellowship with WELS?
Last Modified: 03/15/2005 09:32:03 |
church:
If a person lives so far from a WELS church (150 miles), can they attend another church on the Sundays when they can't make the drive? Paul says that we should not give up meeting ...
Last Modified: 03/14/2005 07:44:25 |
ELS Revised Statement on Doctrine of the Ministry:
Recently President Molstad of the ELS posted on the ELS website the revised study document for the doctrine of the Public Ministry of the Word. This document will be up for adopti...
Last Modified: 02/22/2005 13:46:32 |
Music Fellowship:
My question is two-fold: I was recently offered a competitive wage to be a musician for a Catholic church service. As a professional musician and confessing WELS member, is it ...
Last Modified: 02/18/2005 11:01:57 |
Conference speakers/Fellowship:
I have recently read two questions and answers on the WELS website that disturb me. The first was in regard to the "Church and Change" Worship conference scheduled for November. Th...
Last Modified: 02/15/2005 07:40:39 |
Boy Scouts/Girl Scouts:
What are the reasons that WELS has for not allowing members to be a part of the Boy Scouts and Girl Scouts?
Last Modified: 01/27/2005 10:39:33 |
Elks:
Is it wrong to accept help from the Elks? We have a special needs child. Bills have been piling up, and our child's care requires driving a great distance to receive treatment. ...
Last Modified: 01/19/2005 07:54:40 |
Visiting other churches:
My sister and her husband attend a WELS Lutheran Church. My family is not Lutheran, nor are we Methodist, but every year we go to a Christmas Eve midnight service at a Methodist c...
Last Modified: 01/07/2005 07:31:10 |
Fellowship:
My question involves fellowship practice. At what point do you mark and avoid someone or some group who is in error? Is not taking part with thrivant, the old Lutheran brotherh...
Last Modified: 12/15/2004 09:38:22 |
Music Concerts:
I would like to ask the following question about attending contemporary Christian concerts. I have just in the last couple of months attended two different contemporary Christian ...
Last Modified: 12/07/2004 07:56:10 |
membership:
I feel like a hypocrite. I visited a WELS church, sang, prayed, and made a monetary contribution during the offering. I became interested in the church, attended classes, and my ...
Last Modified: 12/01/2004 12:06:37 |
music fellowship:
Is it appropriate for a WELS church to employ non WELS/ELS organists for weddings and funerals when no other musician is available or the quality is too low. What would you recomme...
Last Modified: 11/30/2004 09:04:00 |
Prayer in marriage:
How would the prayer fellowship rules apply to a couple--both Christian, one WELS, one evangelical? What if they are married? It seems to me that the marriage will be strengthened ...
Last Modified: 11/19/2004 08:02:14 |