Doing the Business of the Church
Back on December 9, 2019 LCC Board Chair Arnold Drung posted an article to the Candian Lutheran site titled "If the Lord Wills: A Report on Synodical Planning." The choice for this passage is based on the following paragraph: We remember the words of James 4:13-15: “Come now, you who say, ‘Today or tomorrow we... Continue Reading →
To start - here's the timeline of the ASC's actions along with the documentation that was released along the way. I've made backup copies of all the original documents and provided links to them 'just in case'. ASC: Alberta Securities COQB: AB Court of Queens Bench ABC BOD: ABC District Board of Directors 2018-06-27 ASC... Continue Reading →
Following is a clip of the 2017 Synod convention passing Resolution 17.03.06 to Decline to Discuss CEF from Committee 3. Committee 3's proposal confined itself to how the ABC District's CCAA proceeding was being overseen by the courts and left out the ecclesiastical aspects (namely telling people their money was safe when they knew it... Continue Reading →
This article is reviewing a letter by District President Schaeffer to the members of the ABC District. Part 1 covered the introduction and the three major points of the letter, Part 2 covered the closing part of the letter, and this article will have some closing thoughts. Another small fact this letter leaves out is that the District President and... Continue Reading →
A major role organizational leaders play is to set the standard example of behavior. Whether it is congratulating someone on an accomplishment, announcing routine business, taking a hard issue head-on, avoiding dealing with the elephant in the room, what leadership models publicly tells to the rest of the organization what they really value and believe.... Continue Reading →
LCC's ABC District and various people involved in the CEF/DIL debacle will be required to explain themselves to the government this coming May 2019 - nearly 9 months from today. I haven't seen an official announcement from the ASC yet so it looks like CTV had someone keeping a close eye on developments. CTV's article... Continue Reading →
After I posted CEF / DIL - ASC's Notice of Hearing "guest" of the CEF Investors Forum reacted with the following post: I am overwhelmed with so many emotions in reading this, relief, anger, sadness, shame, sorrow and even joy. I have never experienced such a complicated mix of emotions. Mostly though, reading this gives validation... Continue Reading →
After the ASC posted it's notice of hearing against the ABC District's CEF / DIL leadership, it was only a matter of time before the major news media got hold of the story and ran with it. This evening CTV News posted an article Lutheran Church accused of securities violations. The article covers the same points I... Continue Reading →
When you sell investments to the general public, there are rules you must follow to ensure that people make informed decisions with their savings and that what they buy is what they get. When you don't follow the rules, tell them one thing when the reality is something else, and deprive people of their investments... Continue Reading →
When the whole ABC CEF / DIL mess became public, one of the first things out of the Synodical President's office was "We can't do anything about it" and an abject opposition to any grass-roots initiatives to help the people affected by this travesty. This tactic has a name - https://twitter.com/wad3mullen/status/1006693836985389057
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