Bishop Jana Jeruma-Grinberga - At least she doesn't have to pretend to be Lutheran anymore

http://eurobishop.blogspot.co.uk/2014/11/st-saviours-riga-welcomes-their-new.html

War, Peace and Truth Jāna Jēruma-Grīnberga

Jāna Jēruma-Grīnberga writes about "truth" and "conflict":

Conversely, accepting falsehood and lies as a legitimate tool of warfare, and a ‘smart’ thing to do, surely undermines the basis of our faith. 

She is very familiar with using falsehoods and lies as a legitimate tool of her leadership as Bishop of the Lutheran Church in Great Britain. She is very adept at using half-truths and making false statements in order to gain control of congregations and pastors. By using falsehoods and lies as tools in her Ecclesiastical toolbox she undermined the faith of many, she shut the doors of a congregations and she caused unspeakable hardship to a family with small children. She writes eloquently because it is easy for her to see and understand the use of lies and falsehoods to as leadership.  



She knows what she is talking about when she writes:

How is the church to react to this? Can we respond with Pilate – „what is truth?”, on the assumption that we cannot hope to find an objective truth in a situation of conflict? How do we defend the whole notion of truth telling, of not bearing false witness, in a situation where deliberate manipulation of facts, as well as outright lies, have become common currency (note that Zaborowski regards Russian behaviour as being ‘smart’)? Of course, in this world of smoke and mirrors, of cyberwarfare and internet trolling, it is actually difficult to keep any overview of where the truth actually lies in a very complex situation. However, Jesus says „to those Jews who had believed Him, “If you continue in My word, then you are truly disciples of Mine; and you will know the truth, and the truth will make you free.”” (John 8:31f, NIV). Clearly, then, the association between acceptance of God’s word as our true pattern of faith and life, sustaining us in our discipleship, and the liberating effect of a knowledge of truth, sourced in God’s word, is of fundamental importance. Conversely, accepting falsehood and lies as a legitimate tool of warfare, and a ‘smart’ thing to do, surely undermines the basis of our faith. The Church, the Body of Christ (whatever particular extremity we might belong to, and in whichever country we happen to be) is called to hold up a mirror to the behaviour of those in government and in positions of responsibility, and to call them out for being dishonest and untruthful. We are called to speak truth to power; and if we don’t, we may find ourselves echoing the Council of the Protestant Church in Germany in the words of the Stuttgart Declaration of Guilt on October 19, 1945: „With great pain we say: By us infinite wrong was brought over many peoples and countries. That which we often testified to in our communities, we express now in the name of the whole Church: We did fight for long years in the name of Jesus Christ against the mentality that found its awful expression in the National Socialist regime of violence; but we accuse ourselves for not standing to our beliefs more courageously, for not praying more faithfully, for not believing more joyously, and for not loving more ardently.”4


http://insight.sherborneabbey.com/war-peace-and-truth/

How to Claim Growth When Your Church is in Decline

The Lutheran Church in Great Britain shows an amazing growth of 40% in income in one year! How could this be?

Force all the congregations to send the money to the LCiGB then pay expenses for those congregations. Benefits for the Lutheran Church in Great Britain:

1. The Trustees now control all the money of the congregations.
2. The Trustees control the salary of the Pastors.
3. The Trustees have to approve every financial payment.
4. Money is power.

The Trustees have also been reduced in number leaving Tom and Linda Bruch having almost complete control of the Lutheran Church in Great Britain.

See http://lutheranchurch.co.uk/userfiles/file/Trustees%20Report%20for%20Year%2031%20Dec%202014%20Final%20signed.pdf

For all the information.

88% of Income for the Lutheran Church in Great Britain is Restricted

See the 2014 Trustees Report at

http://lutheranchurch.co.uk/userfiles/file/Trustees%20Report%20for%20Year%2031%20Dec%202014%20Final%20signed.pdf

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.

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

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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