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- Title: Wilhelm Loehe and His Legacy (Biography)
- Author : Currents in Theology and Mission
- Release Date : January 01, 2006
- Genre: Politics & Current Events,Books,
- Pages : * pages
- Size : 234 KB
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The book of Hebrews urges us to remember our leaders, those who spoke the word of God to us. We are urged to consider the outcome of their way of life and to imitate their faith (Heb 13:7). Many of us would think immediately of our parents, pastors, or lay leaders who served as role models, bishops, and teachers, great figures in church history like Luther or Calvin, or the apostles, including the woman Junia, prominent among the apostles (Rom 16:6). But there are many more who are worthy of commendation, including those whose pioneering work has decisively given shape to North American Lutheranism long before our time. We honor such an ancestor in this issue. Johann Konrad Wilhelm Loehe was born on February 21, 1808, and died on January 2, 1872. Instrumental in sending countless church workers to North America who became part of the Missouri and Iowa Synods, he also was known for his establishment of a deaconess training institution and a mission society at Neuendettelsau, Germany. His contributions to worship and liturgical life continue to bear fruit in our day. An International Loehe Society has recently been established at Wartburg Theological Seminary, whose origin itself goes back to Loehe followers. Those who would like to consider membership should send a note and $25 to Professor Craig L. Nessan at Wartburg (333 Wartburg Place, P.O. Box 5004, Dubuque, IA 52004-5004) or to Professor John Pless at Concordia Theological Seminary (6600 N. Clinton Street, Fort Wayne, IN 46825). Nessan is Co-President of the Society with German theologian Dietrich Blaufuss, and Pless is Co-Secretary of the Society with German theologian Phillip Hauenstein. The articles in this issue originally were addresses at the founding conference of the International Loehe Society, in Dubuque, Iowa, July 13-15, 2005. The next conference of the Loehe Society will be in July 2008 in Neuendettelsau and will mark the two hundredth anniversary of Loehe's birth.