Papers, 1932-1989, 1972-1988.

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Papers, 1932-1989, 1972-1988.

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The research files assembled and described by retired Lutheran pastor, Henry L. Lieske, document the conflict between moderate and conservative members of the Lutheran Church-Missouri Synod (LCMS) which resulted in schism in 1976. Correspondence, communiques, reports, news releases, clippings, and various official documents reveal the extent of the moral and theological crisis brought about by the conservative leadership of the synod under Dr. Jacob A.O. Preus. Files document the charges brought against Concordia Seminary President John Tietjen in 1973, the formation of the Concorida Seminary in Exile, and the response of moderate pastors who left LCMS to form the Association of Evangelical Lutheran Churches in 1976.

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Lutheran Church--Missouri Synod

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Lieske, Henry L. (Henry Louis), 1911-

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A crisis erupted in the Lutheran Church-Missouri Synod during the synod leadership of Dr. Jacob A.O. Preus (1969-80). Preus initiated an investigation of the faculty of Concordia Seminary in order to purge the school of liberal-minded faculty whose approach to biblical interpretation was based upon modern historical criticism rather than on inerrancy. Moderates within the LCMS left the church over the conflict, forming the Association of Evangelical Lutheran Churches in 1976. In 1986, the AELC m...

Association of Evangelical Lutheran Churches (U.S.)

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Preus, Jacob A. O. (Jacob Aall Ottesen), 1920-1994

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Evangelical Lutheran Church in America

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American Lutheran Church (1961-1987)

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The American Lutheran Church (1961-1987) was formed by the merger of the American Lutheran Church (1930-1960), the Evangelical Lutheran Church and the United Evangelical Lutheran Church. Representatives from each of the constitutent churches formed the Joint Union Committee in 1950 to effect the merger. Presidents of the constituent bodies at the merger were Henry F. Schuh (ALC), William Larsen (UELC) and Fredrik A. Schiotz (ELC). Schiotz was elected president of the new church body; Norman A. M...

Steunkel, Omar

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Wedel, Alton F.

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Wahlberg, Douglas

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Tietjen, John H., 1930-

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Lutheran Church in America

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Organized June 28, 1962, by consolidation of the American Evangelical Lutheran Church, the Augustana Evangelical Lutheran Church, the Finnish Evangelical Lutheran, and the United Lutheran Church in America; began to function formally on Jan. 1, 1963. From the description of Minutes, 1962-1987. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 70924950 ...