Our Vision

The website of the Lutheran Church in Great Britain features a page titled "Vision" under the "About Us" tab. There one can read:

• An expanded central administration which will enable congregations to concentrate on their mission by taking on some of the administrative burden.


At first reading "an expanded central administration" implies a helpful role of the Lutheran Church in Great Britain especially in consideration of the very small congregations.

In practice and reality, "an expanded central administration" is moving from a congregational polity to an Episcopal polity. Changing to an Episcopal polity violates the historic practice of the Lutheran Church in Great Britain and violates the constitutions and historic practice of the congregations. The majority of Lutherans in the world believe that the Lutheran Confessions outline a congregational polity and therefore the majority of Lutherans in the world have a congregational polity.

The most egregious aspect of the Bishop and Dean in this "Vision" of an expanded central administration is that this move is a surreptitious change of theology without discussion, dialogue or vote. The expanded central administration and the "free of charge" governing documents are the Bishop and Dean taking total control of congregations and fundamentally rewriting the theology and polity of the Lutheran Church in Great Britain.

The Dean has a history of manipulating organisations, rules and policies which result in the Dean being in total control and the perceived "expert" to whom all defer. Anyone who questions the expert is systematically removed. The Dean is a master of controlling an organisation. He successful fends off scrutiny by having successive victims who are either accused of being unprofessional and incompetent or he tortures his victims by constant minor complaints, unreasonable demands and impracticable deadlines until the victim resigns.

If a victim of the Dean's efforts to avoid scrutiny begins to question the Dean, stands up to the Dean or attempts to hold the Dean accountable, the Dean will carefully create the documentation needed to ensure that the victim is dismissed and removed. The Dean will pursue every legal option to continue to pursue, discredit and punish the victim without regard to the cost to the organisation or the legal jeopardy to individuals or the organisation. The Dean will always ensure that he is insulated and protected from any legal repercussions.