@HansFiene@parvizbd Are reading this, one’s mind has immediately concludes that Ball was promised “something” in exchange for his endorsement and dropping out. Whether true or not, that is the assumption.
@revcjackson Totally disagree - the pastor is the spiritual leader of the church, not the CEO. If pastor is involved in the details of left hand kingdom matters, then he is not empowering his laity. Too many LCMS pastors are crowding out the laity.