LCMS, Board for District and Congregational Services Records, 1995-present.
Collection Number: A-0015 Collection Size: 0.2 linear feet Historical Note In 1992 the Congregational Ministries Coordinating Committee and the Commission on Structure recommended to the delegate convention that the Synod establish a Board for Congregational Services, effective at the 1995 convention. They also recommended that the Synod create a Conference
LCMS, Accounting Department, 1970-present.
Collection Number: A-0012 Collection Size: 0.7 linear feet HISTORICAL NOTE The Accounting Department existed as a unit of the Division of Finance, Department of Controllership, Accounting Section in 1970. In 1972 it fell under the Board of Directors, Department of Controllership, Accounting Section. The Controller was appointed by, and responsible
C.F.W. (Carl Ferdinand Wilhelm) Walther (1811-1887) Papers, c.1828-1887.
Collection Number: M-0004 Collection Size: 16 linear feet BIOGRAPHICAL NOTE Carl Ferdinand Wilhelm Walther (C.F.W. Walther) C.F.W. Walther was born 25 October 1811 in Langenchursdorf, Kingdom of Saxony, as the eighth child (of twelve) to Pastor Gottlob Heinrich Walther and his wife Johanna Wilhelmina Zschenderlein. Only six of their twelve
Robert David Preus Collection, 1920-1996.
Collection Number: M-0016 Collection Size: 33.5 linear feet, 21 audio cassettes, 2 video cassettes Biographical Sketch Donor Information The collection was donated to Concordia Historical Institute by Mrs. Donna Preus in April 1996. Restrictions Folders 1008-1017 are closed for research for a period of 20 years (2019). Permission to access
“F. C. D. Wyneken: The Thunder That Follows the Lightning”
Friedrich Conrad Dietrich Wyneken, second president of the Missouri Synod, was born on 13 May 1810 at Verden, Hannover (Germany). In honor of the 200th anniversary of the birth of this pioneer missionary and synodical leader, the Institute has prepared a special commemorative exhibit for its museum on the Concordia
“Albrecht Dürer: Master Woodcut Artist of the German Renaissance”
The exhibit on Albrecht Dürer woodcuts includes forty-one of the fifty-seven woodcuts in the Small Passion and the Life of the Virgin series, both of which were put into book form in 1511. This is only the second time that the Institute has displayed its collection of Dürer prints. It
“To God Alone the Glory: The Life of C. F. W. Walther,ˮ
Featured in the CHI Museum at Concordia Seminary The exhibit uses documents, artifacts and publications from the Instituteʼs collections to tell the story of Waltherʼs life and work from his childhood and education in Saxony, his role in the Saxon Immigration to Missouri, and his multi-faceted career as pastor, seminary
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