How many LCIGB pastors could afford this retirement?

What Happened to Jana?

Dear brothers and sister in Christ

“Grace to you and peace. ²We always give thanks to God for all of you and mention you in our prayers, constantly ³remembering before our God and Father your work of faith and labour of love and steadfastness of hope in our Lord Jesus Christ. ⁴For we know, brothers and sisters beloved by God, that he has chosen you, ⁵because our message of the gospel came to you not in word only, but also in power and in the Holy Spirit and with full conviction.” (1 Thessalonians 1)

Over the last week I have been thinking and praying about our meeting last week, and the serious issues that are facing St Anne’s and the people that are working so hard to resolve them.

First of all, may I say a huge thank you to all of you for your thoughtful and caring work, and for your faithful service to St Anne’s in its various guises and roles. We all of us are committed to resolving the remaining problems, and to ensuring that the essential work of the Gospel can continue, can grow and develop in this place, and among this community which is dear to us all.

Secondly, speaking as a financial illiterate, it seems to me simplest, wherever possible, to draw a line under what has happened and not to try and disentangle every last strand, and to allocate blame and responsibility for every mistake that has been made. I think that all of us are sorry where we have been careless or wrong – I know that I carry my share of the blame for not ensuring swiftly enough that the governance of SALC/SAMS/SABL was working well, and I apologise to all of you for that. 

Obviously the challenges now are to clear up the various governance issues that Tim F has identified, as well as tackling the financial deficit. 

I have no desire to interfere where it is not needed, but am very willing to help if it is needed, either with my memory of previous admin, with fundraising, appeals, prayer, or anything else that might be of assistance.

Every blessing to all of you

+Jana

 30 April 2010

Less than a year later she was interfering and blaming. Less than a year later she was claiming expertise in finance, charity law, immigration and more. 

Was it to cover up what she had done?

Now the church building is closed. A faithful pastor and his family were left in poverty and deported. Why? What had to be hidden?

Examples of Bullying from the Church of England

Examples of bullying behaviour

This list of behaviours is not exhaustive but gives a clear indication of the sorts of actions that constitute bullying or harassment

• removing areas of responsibility without discussion or notice
  
• isolating someone or deliberately ignoring or excluding them from activities
  
• consistently attacking someone’s professional or personal standing
  
• setting out to make someone appear incompetent
  
• persistently picking on someone in front of others
  
• deliberate sabotage of work or actions
  
• deliberately withholding information or providing incorrect information.
  
• overloading with work/reducing deadlines without paying attention to any protest
  
• displays of offensive material
  
• use of e-mails to reprimand, insult or otherwise inform someone of their apparent failing, either to the individual or to third parties
  
• repeatedly shouting or swearing in public or in private
  
• spreading malicious rumours to third parties
  
• public humiliation by constant innuendo, belittling and ‘putting down’
  
• personal insults and name-calling
  
• aggressive gestures, verbal threats and intimidation

• persistent threats about security
  
• making false accusations
  
• aggressive bodily posture or physical contact
  
• talking/shouting directly into someone’s face
  
• direct physical intimidation, violence or assault 
  
  
  Do the tactics in bold remind you of anyone who has been in leadership in the Lutheran Church in Great Britain?

Dean Bruch and Bishop Jana Jeruma-Grinberga Made the Decision for the Synod

Interesting bit of history. It is all too clear from public documents that Dean Bruch and Bishop Jana Jeruma-Grinberga forced a change in governance on the Lutheran Church in Great Britain. The change has effectively out all power in the hands of Dean Bruch and Bishop Jana Jeruma-Grinberga and their hand chosen Trustees.


The Lutheran Church in Great Britain was incorporated on 30 September 2009.

The Synod of the Lutheran Church in Great Britain voted and approved the action in 2010.

Browse the Lutheran Church in Great Britain's own documents -

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

Here is the report from the Charity Commission:

The Regulator for Charities in England and Wales

Charity Commission

1137050 - THE LUTHERAN CHURCH IN GREAT BRITAIN DUE DOCUMENTS RECEIVED

Activities
THE LCIGB IS A FAMILY OF LUTHERAN CONGREGATIONS WORSHIPPING IN GREAT BRITAIN. WE ARE MEMBERS OF THE LUTHERAN WORLD FEDERATION. IF YOU WOULD LIKE DETAILS OF YOUR NEAREST CONGREGATION, PLEASE SEE OUR WEBSITE WWW.LUTHERANCHURCH.CO.UK OR EMAIL US AT ADMIN@LUTHERANCHURCH.CO.UK AND WE WILL BE GLAD TO HELP YOU.

Financial summary
Contact
THE VERY REVD TOM BRUCH CHURCHES TOGETHER IN ENGLAND 27 TAVISTOCK SQUARE
LONDON
WC1H 9HH
Charity trustees
MS ANNETTE HIGGINS
THE VERY REVD THOMAS BRUCH THE VERY REVD LAGLE HEINLA MR RAKESH PATEL
MR DAVID LIN
MRS LINDA BRUCH MRS SARAH FARROW
Date of registration
23 Jul 2010
Other names
LCIGB (Working Name )
Governing document

Tel: 020 7383 0301
Email: DEAN@LUTHERANCHURCH.CO.UK Website: www.lutheranchurch.co.uk

Financial year end (FYE)	Income	Spending	Accounts received	Annual Return/Annual Update received
31 Dec 2012	£71,111	£60,199	18 May 2013	18 May 2013
31 Dec 2011	£62,525	£80,152	18 May 2012	18 May 2012

MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION INCORPORATED 30 SEPTEMBER 2009

Organisation type

STANDARD REGISTRATION

Registration history

23 JULY 2010 REGISTERED

Charitable objects

1 TO PROMOTE AND ADVANCE RELIGION IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE STATEMENT OF FAITH IN SUCH WAYS TO SUCH PEOPLE, WITHOUT REGARD TO THEIR AGE, CONDITION OR RELIGION, IN THE UNITED KINGDOM OR THE WORLD, AS THE TRUSTEES FROM TIME TO TIME MAY THINK FIT. 2 TO RELIEVE SUFFERING AND HARDSHIP AND TO PROMOTE AND PRESERVE SPIRITUAL AND PHYSICAL GOOD HEALTH AND WELL-BEING BY THE PROVISION OF FUNDS, GOODS OR SERVICES OF ANY KIND INCLUDING, BUT WITHOUT LIMITATION, THE PROVISION OF COUNSELLING AND SUPPORT TO SUCH PEOPLE AND COMMUNITIES, WITHOUT REGARD TO THEIR AGE, CONDITION OR RELIGION, IN THE UNITED KINGDOM OR THE WORLD AS THE TRUSTEES FROM TIME TO TIME MAY THINK FIT.

Classification

What

• RELIGIOUS ACTIVITIES

Who

• CHILDREN/YOUNG PEOPLE
• ELDERLY/OLD PEOPLE
• PEOPLE OF A PARTICULAR ETHNIC OR RACIAL ORIGIN • OTHER DEFINED GROUPS
• THE GENERAL PUBLIC/MANKIND

How

• MAKES GRANTS TO ORGANISATIONS
• PROVIDES HUMAN RESOURCES
• PROVIDES BUILDINGS/FACILITIES/OPEN SPACE • PROVIDES SERVICES
• PROVIDES ADVOCACY/ADVICE/INFORMATION
• SPONSORS OR UNDERTAKES RESEARCH
• ACTS AS AN UMBRELLA OR RESOURCE BODY

Area of benefit

WORLDWIDE

Where the charity operates

THROUGHOUT ENGLAND

Note: This report is compiled from public information that the Charity Commission holds on the Register of Charities on 12 September 2013.

© Crown Copyright 2013 

Letter calling for Synod to Approve Change - dated: 28 December 2009, yet the documents had already been submitted and approved to Companies House although no one had the authority to take such action.

According to Company Check:
http://companycheck.co.uk/company/07034897

Business Overview

Lutheran Church In Great Britain Limited is an Active business incorporated in England & Wales on 30th September 2009. Their business activity is recorded as Activities Of Religious Organizations. Lutheran Church In Great Britain Limited is run by 9 current members. and 1 company secretary. It has no share capital. It is not part of a group.

The latest Annual Accounts submitted to Companies House for the year up to 31/12/2012 reported 'cash at bank' of £11,930, 'liabilities' worth £1,738, 'net worth' of £13,548 and 'assets' worth £14,942. Lutheran Church In Great Britain Limited's risk score was amended on 26/09/2012.

Company Register

Status Active - Accounts Filed

Registered date 30/09/2009

Company number 07034897

Type Private Ltd By Guarantee w/o Share Cap

Country of registration GB

Previous Names

No previous names.

Company Accounts

Category Total Exemption Full

Date filed up to 31/12/2012

Next due date 30/09/2014

Year end date 31st December

Auditor Name Not provided

Annual Returns

Date filed up to 30/09/2012

Paperwork is more important than food

The Lutheran Church in Great Britain receives a grant from her rich relatives every year. The rich relatives are the Lutheran Council of Great Britain who suddenly changed their name without conversation to the "working name" The Council of Lutheran Churches.

These grants were for "refugee churches" originally but have only come to moderately and rarely support the pastors of Lutheran Church in Great Britain congregations. During the past few years grants were given to the Bishop Jana Jeruma-Grinberga congregation. The congregation that Dean Burch and Bishop Jana Jeruma-Grinberga regularly referred to as the most well-off congregation in the LCiGB. 

More disturbingly, the leaders of the Lutheran Church in Great Britain will not grant any money for a pastor that does not fill out the paper properly. As the application states:

"NB. Unless a congregation submits an application that meets the criteria, it will not receive a grant to subsidise the salary of its pastor(s) even if one has been received in previous years."

What does this mean? It means that a pastor and family who is not being adequately paid, who has previously received subsidies because the leaders of the LCiGB no how poorly paid the pastor is, refuse to help if the paper isn't filled out or is late. Just another example of the total lack of Christian Charity and Compassion and the absolute control that Dean Bruch and the Treasurer hold on the entire church. 

In documentation and actions, the Dean and Treasurer find that paperwork is more important than a pastor and family having adequate food or shelter. Since the Dean and Treasurer are married and they choose who serves in leadership at the Lutheran Church in Great Britain, they have the "votes" to continue policies that are devoid of Christian compassion.