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Spotlight on an ELCA Seminary Student

6/11/2019

What kind of pastor is the ELCA producing? And what kind of person is seeking ordination in the ELCA? Good questions all ELCA churches should ask.

A person's social media account will often tell a lot about a person. Jacob Krueger is a student at the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America's Wartburg Theological Seminary who is active on social media. Here is some of what he is saying on Twitter.

The greatest threat to the United Stated is the white, male, patriotic American. #dylannroof #etc
— Jacob Krueger (@JacobKrueger5) July 8, 2018

Lord, have mercy. https://t.co/JEcXz35r88
— Jacob Krueger (@JacobKrueger5) January 22, 2019

I hope the March for Life folks called for the end of the death penalty! Otherwise, they are all missing the point. #march4life
— Jacob Krueger (@JacobKrueger5) January 19, 2019

Me trying to look around Rickett’s bullshit. https://t.co/pOAWdsi98h
— Jacob Krueger (@JacobKrueger5) January 5, 2019

Christmas isn’t about the individual. It is about the community. Jesus, a refugee and non-white person, came into this world to liberate us from our sin sin of unjustly treating the refugee, our sin of killing those on death row, and many more. You should talk to your bishop
— Jacob Krueger (@JacobKrueger5) December 10, 2018

Enacting the travel ban not only denies new lives for refugees and immigrants, but denies the humanity and dignity of those very people. #NoTravelBan
— Jacob Krueger (@JacobKrueger5) June 27, 2018

Fuck this shit. Be kind to people. https://t.co/blaKj9B5e2
— Jacob Krueger (@JacobKrueger5) February 15, 2019

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Radical Grand View University Professor

4/4/2019

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Kevin Gannon, a professor of history at Grand View University (an ELCA college) and the director of the Center for Excellence in Teaching and Learning, is a prolific Twitter user.

Professor "Gannon, who has more than 56,000 followers on Twitter, is known to have an active Twitter presence by Grand View University and receives the tacit support of the administration. Along with fellow faculty members, Gannon said, the university president's wife, Carole Henning, acknowledged her support." (see here)

A large amount of the Grand View professor's tweets seem to be pro-Democrat, pro-liberal and anti-Republican with some foul language tossed in. Among his many retweets are controversial congresswomen Ilhan Omar and Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez.

Below are some of professor Kevin Gannon's twitter escapades beginning with a rather juvenile and ugly attack on conservative commentator and filmmaker Dinesh D'Souza:

So when someone like Dinesh D'Souza tries to own me by saying I work at a university "no one has heard of," what he's really doing (besides showing his entire ass to the internet) is disparaging my colleagues and my students. And I will not let that pass uncontested. /15
— Kevin Gannon (@TheTattooedProf) March 1, 2019

You may have a Dartmouth degree, but you've sold out everything you learned to be a grifter and a huckster. You want so badly to be seen as an intellectual but you're just a fraud. You know it, too. All you have left is trolling. And you're not even good at that.
— Kevin Gannon (@TheTattooedProf) February 28, 2019

This is all about the principal and not one bit about student success. Performative bad-assness doesn't make anything better.
— Kevin Gannon (@TheTattooedProf) March 3, 2019

"We can't afford Medicare for all" https://t.co/jHFwXjBLrY
— Kevin Gannon (@TheTattooedProf) March 3, 2019

The Grand View University professor recently wrote that "the American Right Wing is gleefully and willingly complicit in an epidemic sexual crimes and child molestation." Continue reading while you ask, "Do I want him teaching my young adult children?"

From attacking Title IX to Trump to Jim Jordan to ICE, the American Right Wing is gleefully and willingly complicit in an epidemic sexual crimes and child molestation. https://t.co/lfiefY59iA
— Kevin Gannon (@TheTattooedProf) February 27, 2019

Pro-white-fetuses
— Kevin Gannon (@TheTattooedProf) February 27, 2019

You assholes can't censure Steve King but you're gonna do this, huh? https://t.co/yaG4a7V5AU
— Kevin Gannon (@TheTattooedProf) March 5, 2019

OF all the dumbass things he does, the literal flag-humping is what makes me cringe perhaps the most https://t.co/2Yowp7sxrx
— Kevin Gannon (@TheTattooedProf) March 4, 2019

See Professor Gannon's twitter page here.

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Presiding Bishop of the ELCA is Confused In More Ways Than One

3/31/2019

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ELCA Presiding Bishop Elizabeth Eaton tweeted:

I am trying to understand the president’s decision to cut aid to Guatemala El Salvador Honduras. The rich and the governments of these countries will not bear the brunt, the poor who are leaving to seek asylum will.
— Bishop Eaton (@ELCABishopEaton) March 31, 2019

So the poor that are LEAVING Guatemala, El Salvador and Honduras seeking asylum in the United States will be hurt by President Trump's decision to cut aid to those countries?

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An ELCA Church's Syncretism and its Politically Obsessed Pastor

3/26/2019

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Emmanuel Lutheran Church in Rockford, Illinois, is a congregation of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America and is located 75 miles away from ELCA headquarters in Chicago.

If you attend Emmanuel Lutheran Church you should know that they are "embracing a broader view of Jesus’ life and teachings as a path of transformation for our own individual spiritual journeys, our ReFresh service draws upon readings from the Bible and other sacred texts, poetry, dance, and song."

On Emmanuel Lutheran's website homepage they say "We are open to the uniqueness of each person's story and are about helping you discover your gifts and your calling. We seek to become compassionate servants of God, reaching out through service to heal and inspire Rockford and the world. We learn from our own Christian tradition as well as from other cultures and religions." (see here)

Mixing religions is called syncretism. This goes against God's Word. (See Deuteronomy 4:2 and Revelation 22:18-19.) That is what Emmanuel Lutheran in Rockford looks to be doing.

Below is how this ELCA church describes a couple of their services (or see here).

(See here)

This same ELCA church recently hosted a Sufi Meditation Gathering, (see below) which is Islamic.

This is a video by Emmanuel Lutheran Church of church members saying what they like about the church. One young person interviewed said “I like how it accepts most religions and sexualities…It gives people a chance to just like chill without being like told, like if they are not a certain religion they can not go up for communion. It’s really accepting.”

Emmanuel Lutheran Church in Rockford, Illinois, describes itself on its home page as "PROGRESSIVE. INCLUSIVE. CREATIVE." (see here) Below is their LGBTQA Support information.

(See here)

Robert Franek is the interim pastor at Emmanuel Lutheran Church. (See below)

ELCA pastor Franek is very passionate about politics, and he loves to share his perspectives. In one of his articles he wrote, "Currently one party, as it struggles with messaging and infighting, is fighting for the soul of our democracy. The other is a dumpster fire gas lighting the nation and enabling a president who poses a clear and present danger to our national security, civil rights, and planetary health." (Read here)

On Rev. Franek's Twitter account he made 143 tweets, retweets and replies in a 24-hour period. (11/1/18 2:55 p.m. to 11/2/18 2:55 p.m.) And he did not tweet that in one sitting. The tweets took place in at least 21 different time blocks throughout the 24-hour period. I'd call that obsessive.

Below is some of what Rev. Franek has written or shared:

The Health 202: Three states to vote on measures to limit abortion rights in the midterms https://t.co/MnWm2tz5P8 pic.twitter.com/5EIjLncHlW
— Robert Franek (@robertfranek) November 2, 2018

Trump Has Destroyed the GOP Coalition With His White Nationalism https://t.co/zUA5tpvtTB pic.twitter.com/vSzXzmanON
— Robert Franek (@robertfranek) November 2, 2018

Trump Has Told 6,420 Lies Since Becoming President https://t.co/pS2rlL9PEh pic.twitter.com/jxeXQbIHmf
— Robert Franek (@robertfranek) November 2, 2018

Mob boss law and order. This fear mongering and inhumanity has to be stopped. VOTE BLUE! https://t.co/cMgvfimJiu
— Robert Franek (@robertfranek) November 2, 2018

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ELCA Bishop Hazelwood's Constant Political Bashing

3/18/2019

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Jim Hazelwood is the bishop of the ELCA's New England Synod. He uses his Twitter account mostly to spew his politics and anger at President Trump. The following is just a small sample of his tweets over the last few months.

I think there is a healthy debate that can happen over @AOC 70% tax proposal, but Billionaires pushing back on it should just shut up because you look so obviously defensive. The self-interest is showing, just a tad :)
— Jim Hazelwood (@bikerhazelwood) January 29, 2019

Did the President clear that speech with his Advisors, Hannity, Putin, Colter and Limbaugh?
— Jim Hazelwood (@bikerhazelwood) January 25, 2019

Can we just have the 2020 election now and end this madness?
— Jim Hazelwood (@bikerhazelwood) January 25, 2019

8 GOP Senators failed to keep Sanctions on Russia after the Trump administration leaned on them. Trump wanted to help this Russian oligarch. Come on People, how obvious does this have to get? https://t.co/ZtooqGFX7v
— Jim Hazelwood (@bikerhazelwood) January 22, 2019

On the day of the Holy Innocents, the modern day Herod offers no regret or apology for the deaths of children in the care of the Department of Homeland Security. We are a cruel and viscous culture now. Lament Lament Lament.
— Jim Hazelwood (@bikerhazelwood) December 30, 2018

pic.twitter.com/iyUH4ruSKf
— Jim Hazelwood (@bikerhazelwood) December 26, 2018

The dumbest administration ever https://t.co/xyal2Ed65f
— Jim Hazelwood (@bikerhazelwood) December 24, 2018

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ELCA Pastor John Sipf's Views

2/11/2019

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The following is a response by ELCA pastor John Sipf of Peoria, Illinois, to my tweet replying to another ELCA pastor. We were discussing this blog about an ELCA pastor giving the camera the finger and his rant against America.

Oh, Danny boy... unlike *ahem* "some" not everyone masterbates to their hatred of the ELCA.
— John Sipf (@Pr_JT_Sipf) December 19, 2018

ELCA pastor John Sipf regularly tweets and retweets about white people, racism, politics, Donald Trump, refugees and illegal immigrants, transgenders, abortion, etc. Below are a few examples of his activity on Twitter.

Jesus killed by Pilate and the centurions

Children killed by Trump and ICE.

America, we are Rome and Babylon.

What're we gonna do about it? https://t.co/jD5m7Ifpvm
— John Sipf (@Pr_JT_Sipf) December 25, 2018

Same https://t.co/OmSkcwrbHT
— John Sipf - He/Him/His (@Pr_JT_Sipf) February 7, 2019

We killed her... Our government killed her... Our silence killed her... https://t.co/pOmI4ljfSp
— John Sipf (@Pr_JT_Sipf) December 14, 2018

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ELCA Pastor-To-Be Posting anti-Trump, Anti-Israel and Pro LGBT Comments

1/10/2019

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Kevin Beebe is an ELCA "Pastor-to-Be" studying at the ELCA's Pacific Lutheran Theological Seminary. He loves to post LGBT supportive information, Palestinian propaganda against Israel, and anti-Trump materials on social media. This is the type of pastor the ELCA has, and is producing to lead your congregation.

The ELCA seminarian supports the BDS movement, which advocates boycotts, divestment, and sanctions against Israel, as you see below.

Here future pastor Beebe complains about Israel building an underground wall to prevent Palestinian terrorist tunnels used to invade and kill Israelis. That is mind-numbing stupid.

Time to stop this violence from occupying soldiers. End the Israeli occupation. Looking at you, @realDonaldTrump. Stop defunding hospitals and schools, rather stop selling guns to Israel.https://t.co/c0mO9okTRQ
— Kevin Beebe (@kevbeebe) October 13, 2018

When God's people are supposed to multiply, why do we let the children die? #FreePalestine #refugees #asylum #godspromise #adventhope
— Kevin Beebe (@kevbeebe) December 16, 2018

If globalism is bad, @POTUS @realDonaldTrump, then how about we stop our activity in one of largest ways the USA contributes: arms sales. Stop selling weapons around the world, particularly to occupying nations like Israel.
— Kevin Beebe (@kevbeebe) September 26, 2018

Even if you don't think it is your fault, @realDonaldTrump @POTUS, it is your responsibility as President of the United States to offer words of calm, unity, and peace. #growup
— Kevin Beebe (@kevbeebe) October 29, 2018

Stop calling the press the #EnemyOfThePeople @realDonaldTrump! You're only proving you can't responsibility for creating a heated atmosphere which promotes shooting of Black people, Jews, reporters, and sending bombs in the mail... https://t.co/EA1LSowwkX
— Kevin Beebe (@kevbeebe) October 29, 2018

Some of us are guilty of not listening to the stories. God, have mercy on us who are white #decolonizeLutheranism
— Kevin Beebe (@kevbeebe) October 22, 2016

Finally, a post sharing the vile devotional made by two ELCA pastors. (language warning)

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Retired ELCA Pastor Posts About President Trump and Nazis

1/1/2019

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Dan G. Olson is a retired ELCA pastor living in Wisconsin. He studied at the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America's Luther Seminary. (Class of 1971)

We all know the ELCA seminaries are filled with liberal, Bible-rejecting seminarians waiting to become ELCA pastors. But Rev. Dan G Olson reminds us that liberal and partisan pastors have been serving the ELCA for many years. Look at what he has been posting on his Facebook page this year. See his view of people who want to defund Planned Parenthood and believe marriage is between one man and one woman. Also notice the view of those who are supporters of President Trump in the second post.

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ELCA Bishop Calls President Trump A Moron, Destructive, Ignorant and Dishonest

9/21/2018

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You pay the ELCA leadership's salary. It is time to stop do so for those that advocate a political position that is in opposition to yours. Here some examples by ELCA New England Synod bishop Jim Hazelwood:

Now that @SenJohnMcCain is gone will anyone in the @GOP have the guts to stand up to this destructive, ignorant and dishonest president?
— Jim Hazelwood (@bishophazelwood) September 4, 2018

This President is such a moron
— Jim Hazelwood (@bishophazelwood) April 12, 2018

Donald and the super models are the #GOP nominee for president. Omg pic.twitter.com/WAYLC5xZle
— Jim Hazelwood (@bishophazelwood) May 4, 2016

I'd call the bishop's comment disrespectful to women. And what God-fearing Christian leader would use the acronym "Omg?"

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Spotlight on an ELCA Seminary Student

Radical Grand View University Professor

Presiding Bishop of the ELCA is Confused In More Ways Than One

An ELCA Church's Syncretism and its Politically Obsessed Pastor

ELCA Bishop Hazelwood's Constant Political Bashing

ELCA Pastor John Sipf's Views

ELCA Pastor-To-Be Posting anti-Trump, Anti-Israel and Pro LGBT Comments

Retired ELCA Pastor Posts About President Trump and Nazis

ELCA Bishop Calls President Trump A Moron, Destructive, Ignorant and Dishonest

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