The Debut of the NEW Issues, Etc.
Today is the day! It feels like Christmas!
The New Issues, Etc. Debuts at 3:05PM CST.
Pirate Christian Radio is having a special "Pre-Game Show" an hour before the debut.
Small Victories
June 30, 2008
June 02, 2008
The New Radio Studio and Sample of the New Journal
Pirate Christian Radio has updated their site and they now have a pictures of the new radio studio for the new version of Issues, Etc as well as a sampling from the new journal. It's worth a look. Click Here.
May 28, 2008
Issues Etc. Resurrection?
Is there a new Issues Etc. in the works? You may want to visit this website (make sure you computer's speakers are turned on). It looks like Todd and Jeff have been been busy busy busy.
Hurray! Let there be rejoicing in the land!
April 14, 2008
April 01, 2008
Congressman John Shimkus Signs Petition to Bring Issues Etc. Back
Congressman John Shimkus, representative of the the 19th District of Illinois, today became the 6190th signer of the online petition to Bring Issues Etc. back.
In his comments that were posted with his signature he stated, "Here I stand I can do no more."
March 31, 2008
6000!
The On-Line Petition to bring Issues Etc. back has just passed the 6000 signature mark!!
That is 6000+ people from over 27 nations and 50 different states!
How is this possible if Issues Etc. ONLY had 1650 local listeners and 64 people listening to the live stream as David Strand would have you believe??
March 30, 2008
March 29, 2008
A MUST LISTEN - Mike Horton Interviews Mollie Ziegler Hemingway
Mike Horton of the White Horse Inn has just done a special interview with the Mollie Ziegler Hemingway former member of the Board of Communication Services and author of the Wall Street Journal article that broke yesterday.
After listening, please add this interview to your blog or website using the html code provided below. It's just like adding a YouTube video to your blog.
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March 28, 2008
Wall Street Journal Covers Issues Etc. Story
The story about the cancelation of Issues Etc. made the Wall Street Journal! Even more importantly, reporter Mollie Ziegler Hemingway who wrote the story, got it right! Said Hemingway in her piece entitled Radio Silence:
But when the Lutheran Church-Missouri Synod canceled its popular, nationally syndicated radio program "Issues, Etc.," listeners were baffled. Billed as "talk radio for the thinking Christian," the show was known for its lively discussions analyzing cultural influences on the American church. It seemed like precisely the thing that the Missouri Synod, a 2.4-million-member denomination whose system of belief is firmly grounded in Scripture and an intellectually rigorous theology, would enthusiastically support....Despite the show's popularity, low cost and loyal donor base, Mr. Wilken and Jeff Schwarz, the producer of "Issues, Etc.," were dismissed without explanation on Tuesday of Holy Week. Within hours, the program's Web site -- which provided access to past episodes and issues of its magazine -- had disappeared. Indeed, all evidence that the show ever existed was removed.
So what happened? Initially, the bureaucrats in St. Louis kept a strict silence, claiming that the show had been canceled for "business and programmatic" reasons. Yesterday the synod cited low local ratings in the St. Louis area and the low number of listeners to the live audio stream on the Web site. But the last time the synod tracked the size of the audience was three years ago, and it did not take into account the show's syndicated or podcast following. The synod also claimed that the show lost $250,000 a year, an assertion that is at odds with those of others familiar with the operating budget of the station.
The Rev. Michael Kumm, who served on three management committees for the station, said that the explanation doesn't add up. " 'Issues, Etc.' is the most listened to, most popular and generates more income than any other program at the station and perhaps even the others combined. This decision is purely political," he said.
He may well be right. The program was in all likelihood a pawn in a larger battle for the soul of the Missouri Synod. The church is divided between, on the one hand, traditional Lutherans known for their emphasis on sacraments, liturgical worship and the church's historic confessions and, on the other, those who have embraced pop-culture Christianity and a market-driven approach to church growth. The divide is well known to all confessional Christian denominations struggling to retain their traditional identity.
The Rev. Gerald Kieschnick, the synod's current president, has pushed church marketing over the Lutherans' historic confession of faith by repeatedly telling the laity, "This is not your grandfather's church."
March 27, 2008
Issues Etc. Petition TOPS 5000!
The On-Line Petition to bring Issues Etc. back has just passed the 5000 signature mark!!
That is 5000+ people from over 21 nations and 49 different states!
How is this possible if Issues Etc. ONLY had 1650 local listeners and 64 people listening to the live stream as David Strand would have you believe??
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