John Bachman in the 1800s*
John Bachman (February 4, 1790 – February 24, 1874) grew up in upstate NY, educated via his curiosity on nature and the Bible nurtured by his pastors. He was an American Lutheran minister, social activist and naturalist who collaborated with John James Audubon. Bachman raised and mentored a number of Black Lutherans into ordination and ministry in his decades of service in the 1800s.
CFW Walther settles in Perry County, Missouri*
Carl Ferdinand Wilhelm Walther (1811-1886), called “Ferdinand” by his family and C.F.W. by the LCMS (Lutheran Church Missouri Synod) today, was born on Oct. 25, 1811, in Saxony, Germany. He was a pastor’s son and went on to become a pastor himself. Emigrating from Saxony to Perry County, MO. at age 27, he led Lutherans to settle in Perry County, Missouri.
First Saint Paul’s Lutheran Church – Birth of the Missouri Synod
Saxon immigrants established a new church in North America (the Lutheran Church Missouri Synod – LCMS), made up of 12 Pastors and 14 Congregations, meeting April 26, 1847 at First St. Paul’s Lutheran Church, Chicago.
Evangelical Lutheran Synodical Conference of North America formed
A number of Synods met to form the Evangelical Lutheran Synodical Conference of North America to conjointly conduct a mission among the heathen…
Johann Friederich Doescher called to be the missionary to Black [Colored] Missions
October 1877, John Friederich Doescher was called to be the missionary to Black [Colored] Missions, based in Little Rock and traveling the southern tier: Tennessee, Georgia, Florida, Alabama, Mississippi, and Louisiana. In his first year Doescher started a Sunday School in ‘Sailor’s Home’. After 2 years, he accepted a call to St. John Lutheran Church, New Orleans, with permission to continue work with the Sailors Home Mission…