tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4778905687600416321.post3565801098107455045..comments2023-11-05T02:55:10.230-06:00Comments on Gottesdienst Online: Can you imagine a church like this?Pr. H. R.http://www.blogger.com/profile/16756503062523543708noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4778905687600416321.post-29604437400508110522013-08-27T14:37:36.580-05:002013-08-27T14:37:36.580-05:00Dear Brian: There are a couple Ukrainians who are ...Dear Brian: There are a couple Ukrainians who are serving in the SELC. If memory serves (and please let me confirm this), they left the Ukrainian Lutheran church over matters of biblical interpretation and joined the SELC. They were assigned to serve together at Holy Spirit Lutheran Church in Chelyabinsk, where one is the pastor and the other is the deacon. My impression was that the Ukrainian Church has a liberal biblical hermeneutic - which certainly doesn't sound like something WELS would be in fellowship with. Let me see if I can find out more.Rev. Larry Beanehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06705910892752648940noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4778905687600416321.post-46301510148951055602013-08-27T14:13:34.542-05:002013-08-27T14:13:34.542-05:00What do you mean by liberal? They are in communio...What do you mean by liberal? They are in communion with WELS after all (maybe that's what you mean!) . . .Brian P Westgatehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15383132438753364755noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4778905687600416321.post-48036192361625611252013-08-27T13:55:50.666-05:002013-08-27T13:55:50.666-05:00Dear Brian,
I'm speculating, but I suppose it...Dear Brian,<br /><br />I'm speculating, but I suppose it is because the mother church of the SELC is the Estonian Church - and the Baltic churches - being closely allied to, or descended from, the Scandinavian churches - are western in their orientation. The congregation in Yurga is, I believe, the only ethnically German church in the SELC (services are held there in German). The Ukrainian Lutherans, as I understand the situation, are on the liberal end of things.Rev. Larry Beanehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06705910892752648940noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4778905687600416321.post-74804272417005199232013-08-27T13:46:52.023-05:002013-08-27T13:46:52.023-05:00Why do they use the Western Rite, not the Eastern?...Why do they use the Western Rite, not the Eastern? Just wondering, since I know the Ukrainian Lutheran Church uses the Eastern Rite. Are they mostly of Germanic background?Brian P Westgatehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15383132438753364755noreply@blogger.com