09 April 2015

Sad? Misleading? Pathetic?

On the most recent post on the Lutheran Church in Great Britain Facebook page there is a picture from more than six years ago. Not only is the picture old it was taken in a church building that the Lutheran Church in Great Britain lost use of under Bishop Jana Jeruma-Grinberga. Additionally, the picture gives the impression that the Lutheran Church in Great Britain is a multicultural church.


03 April 2015

The Lutheran Church in Great Britain Annual Report is Astounding

Some Highlights

S Farrow theological education fund (a Trustee)

Donation to cover legal fees in 2011 - - - 31,904 (convenient)

"During 2013, a total of £5,806 (2012 £2,645) was paid to trustees"
More than 20% of the total budget of the Lutheran Church in Great Britian





Read it here all:
http://www.lutheranchurch.co.uk/userfiles/file/Trustees%20Report%20for%20Year%20Ending%2031%20Dec%202013%20final-1.pdf

Same Trustees for Years LCiGB, Lutherans in England

http://www.lutheranchurch.co.uk/page/council

The LCiGB Council is the governing body of the church, and consists of the following trustees:

Mr David Lin, Chair 
The Very Rev'd Tom Bruch, Dean*
Mrs Annette Higgins, Vice-Chair
Mrs Linda Bruch, Treasurer*
Mr Rakesh Patel
Prof Robert Lee

The Bruch are married. Despite Guidelines from the Charity Commission the Lutheran Church in Great Britain continues to defy best practices.

St Saviour’s Anglican Church in Riga, Latvia

Bishop Jana Jeruma-Grinberga


The Right Reverend Thomas (Tom) Bruch

Thomas (Tom) Bruch


International Lutheran Student Centre, Londonhttp://www.ilscentre.org.uk/Lutheran Church in Great Britainhttp://lutheranchurch.co.uk/Website still features Pictures of Pastors that are no longer part of the Lutheran Church in Great BritainFORMER Lutheran Church - Missouri Synodhttp://www.lcms.org/  http://www.porvoocommunion.org  Porvoo Churches website  http://www.cofe.anglican.org/info/ccu/europe/ecumbackground/reuilly_factsheet.rtf   Information about the Reuilly Common Statement  http://www.lutheranworld.org  Lutheran World Federation website carries news of ongoing ecumenical dialogues  http://www.elca.org/ecumenical/fullcommunion/episcopal/ccmresources/text.html    Evangelical Lutheran Church of America website showing official text of ‘Called to    Common Mission' with links to other Lutheran ecumenical relationships and to the    Episcopal Church of the USA website  http://www.elcic.ca/docs/waterloo.html    Evangelical Lutheran Church In Canada website giving text of Waterloo Declaration   ‘Called to Full Communion'  http://www.anglicancommunion.org   Anglican Communion website  http://www.cofe.anglican.org/info/ccu/   Council for Christian Unity serving the Church of England's ecumenical and  inter-  church relationships  http://lutheran.org.uk/default.htm   Lutheran Council of Great Britain website  

Bishop Jana Jeruma-Grinberga, Lutheran Church in Great Britain, Lativa

Bishop Jana Jeruma-Grinberga
FORMER Bishop of the Lutheran Church in Great Britain (which is just in England)
Office in London, England.
FORMER Pastor of St Anne's Lutheran Church, London, England, United Kingdom
FORMER Pastor of the Latvian Lutheran Church in England