Dear St Saviour’s Anglican Church in Riga, Latvia, Are you sure about this? Bishop Jana Jeruma-Grinberga

"Bishop" Jana Jeruma-Grinberga is to be installed as the next chaplain of St Saviour’s Anglican Church in Riga

Wow. How many times will she come out of retirement?

Bishop Jana Jeruma-Grinberga retired from St Anne's Lutheran Church.

Bishop Jana Jeruma-Grinberga retired from the Lutheran Church in Great Britain.

Is this appointment because she is a pawn in the Church of England game to get female bishops?

Or is her ego so big she can't be retired?

Whoever interviewed her this position must not have looked into her track record.

Tom Bruch More Power

The LCiGB Council wound down the Theological Committee and transferred its functions to the Ministerium, which now consists of all the active licensed Ministers of our church, with the bishop as chair.  Active and inactive pastors are all invited for study days or retreats every year, as well as deliberations of different kind.

 http://lutheranchurch.co.uk/page/news

More centralised power in the LCiGB. Of course the "Theological Committee" did whatever Tom Bruch and company told them to do.

Is the Lutheran Church in Great Britain really a Church?

Of the 27 people present at Synod:

Almost 50% were from one congregation.

The Dean and the Treasurer are husband and wife.

There are 3 Bishops present.

Tom and Linda Bruch control the Lutheran Church in Great Britain

Look who is at the table: Tom and Linda Bruch still in control. 

The Dean who has administrative power and the Treasurer. Just like the Charity Commission does NOT recommend. A husband and wife who have effectively removed anyone disagrees - including Bishops and Pastors. They control the money and the discipline committee, rather convenient.

The Lutheran Church in Great Britain is their pet project and under their complete control.

Bishop Jana Jeruma-Grinberga

Under Bishop Jana Jeruma-Grinberga St Anne's Lutheran Church was:

1. Fined by HRMC  http://www.hmrc.gov.uk 
2. Failed to file legally required reports to the Charity Commission http://www.charity-commission.gov.uk
3. Failed to keep the terms of the lease of the building

Yet, under Rules and Regulations of the Lutheran Church in Great Britain:

'All ordained ministers in the active service of the LCiGB are expected to support the 

agreed programmes of the LCiGB, to cooperate with the decisions of the Council and to 

conduct themselves in accordance with the Rules of the LCiGB, including: 

6. ensuring that the pastor and the congregation comply with all current legal 

requirements that relate to the life and work of the congregation 

7. ensuring that the facilities and buildings owned or used by the congregation are 

properly maintained and are suitable for Christian worship'

and

'Failure to observe the duly approved Rules of the Lutheran Church in Great Britain 

could result in disciplinary action, conducted in accordance with the disciplinary 

procedure of the Church'

Conveniently these rules apparently do not apply to the Bishop Jana Jeruma-Grinberga. 

 ( See http://lutheranchurch.co.uk/userfiles/file/LCiGB%20Rules%20and%20Regulations_v%2015_updated%2001%20Feb%202014(1).pdf )

More Power, More Control - Lutheran in Name Only

Congregations in the Lutheran Church in Great Britain, Inc. no longer call a pastor. In the most recent edition of the Lutheran Church in Great Britain, Inc. "Rules and Regulations" the Lutheran Church in Great Britain, Inc. has completely abandoned its own history and the Lutheran Confessions because congregations no longer call the pastor.

Buried in obtuse language and procedure:

"A Selection Panel is agreed, to include the Bishop, the Dean, two members of the congregational 
call committee or members of the congregation’s council and one other person not being a 
member of the call committee or congregational council."

The Bishop and Dean have two of the five positions of the call committee. Since the Dean is on the committee there is no doubt that the other three of the five are hand selected and approved by the Dean.

Further more, all new pastors are subject to a 9 month probation period. How convenient.

Why would anyone accept a call to the Lutheran Church in Great Britain?

The policy outlined solidifies the practice of the Dean and former Bishop to use any and all tactics to remove a pastor that does not bow down to the Dean, questions the Trustees and refuses to hide the racism and financial irregularities.

Would the Dean and Treasurer Allow an Audit?

In reading the reports of the Trustees of the Lutheran Church in Great Britain it is clear that the Trustees determined an audit was not necessary and therefor only had the books "examined". The report of the examiner is clear: The examiner only looked at records that were presented to him. 

Why not a true Independent Audit?
Doesn't this paragraph alone make one wonder if an audit is not appropriate?
Since the vast majority of the income came from a single "grant" to cover the overspending of the previous year, would not an Independent Audit be appropriate?

No audit will happen as long as the Treasurer is married to a fellow Trustee. 
No audit will happen when one of the Trustees needs the approval of the Trustees to be Ordained.

Thomas 'Tom' Bruch and Linda Bruch, England
Lutheran Church in Great Britain
Lutheran Council of Great Britain
Lutheran World Federation ?
Evangelical Lutheran Church in America

The Dean holding the script for a Bishop

Nothing new here.

A Picture is Worth a 1000 Words

Look who is the center. Is it a Bishop? 

Why would the Dean be in the center?

Could it be that because he is in control of the Lutheran Church in Great Britain?

Could it be that because he is the one who forced the Lutheran Church in Great Britain to abandon the Lutheran Confessions?

Could it be that because he is the one who orchestrated the plan to remove all power from congregations in the Lutheran Church in Great Britain by manipulating the governing documents?

Could it be that because he has complete control of the Trustees?

Could it be because his actions forced Bishop Jana Jeruma-Grinberga to 'retire' and 'resign' as Bishop?

Could it be because he manipulated the complete process to remove a faithful LCiGB Pastor?

Could it because he solicited a large donation from a 'sister' church? 

Could it be that the "sister" church provided two of the three members of the charade panel used to destroy a pastor and his family?

Could it be that the 'sister' church has provided a new Bishop for the Lutheran Church in Great Britain?

Congratulations to the Dean.

Do You Agreed that Martin Luther's Words Describe a Dean?

In 1518 Luther described Cardinal Cajetan after a meeting when the Cardinal was challenged to judge Martin Luther.  Martin Luther remarked that Cajetan was "an evasive, obscure and unintelligible theologian." Luther wrote home that the cardinal was no more fitted to handle the case than an ass to play on a harp.

Seems Fair?

Of the SEVEN members of the Trustees of the Lutheran Church in Great Britain, FOUR of the members are members of the same congregation. 

Six are from London.

Two are married to each other.

Is that representative? Does that follow the guideline of the Charity Commission?