Posts from October 2025

“The results could have been tragic. . . . That they were not was because the Lord of the church once again did all things well.”—Prof. Edward Fredrich in The Wisconsin Synod Lutherans about the break with the Missouri Synod In 1869 the Wisconsin and Missouri Synods officially declared fellowship, beginning a fruitful relationship that lasted more than 90 years. However, problems began in 1938 when the Missouri Synod resolved that its 1932 confessional declaration, “Brief Statement,” together with the…