Convention proceedings and minutes, Joint Synod of Ohio and its districts, 1818-1930.

Evangelical Lutheran Joint Synod of Ohio and Other States

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Originally established as a special conference of the Pennsylvania Ministerium in 1812, the Joint Synod petitioned the ministerium to form an independent body in 1817, and in 1818 the first general conference of the synod was held in Somerset, Ohio. The Joint Synod merged with the Buffalo Synod, Iowa Synod and Texas Synod in 1930 to form the American Lutheran Church. See C.V. Sheatsley's History of the Joint Synod of Ohio for further background. From the description of Convention pro...

Evangelical Lutheran Synod of Iowa and Other States

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Evangelical Lutheran Ministerium of Pennsylvania and the Adjacent States

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The Ministerium of Pennsylvania and Adjacent States (MOP) was founded in 1748, as the Ministerium of North America. Established under the guidance of Henry Melchior Muhlenberg, it was the first centralized governing body of the Lutheran church formed in North America. Through MOP, a common liturgy was established as well as a means of educating American clergy. It also helped in forming numerous institutions and services in the Pennsylvania area, including The Lutheran Theological S...

American Lutheran Church (1930-1960)

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The ALC met as a delegate body biennially in October, the time and place of which was determined by the president and Board of Trustees. All boards and standing committees sent their reports to the president at least sixty days before the convention, so that he could have them printed and sent to the delegates twenty days before the biennial meeting. From the description of Official Reports for Church Conventions 1932-1960. (Evangelical Lutheran Church in America Library). WorldCat r...

Lutheran Synod of Buffalo

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See BUF Administrative History Johann Andreas August Grabau was born in 1804 in Olvenstedt near Madgeburg, Prussia, the son of devout Lutheran parents. He was educated in Madgeburg and Halle. A man of sensitive conscience, he pledged fidelity to the Lutheran confessions upon his ordination but was required to use the unionistic liturgy of the Prussian Evangelical Church when called to St. Andreas Church in Erfurt in 1834. The dissonance between his ordination vows and th...