Proceedings of the One Hundred and Third Annual Session of the German Evangelical Lutheran Ministerium of Pennsylvania and the Adjacent States, Convened in Pottsville, Schuykill County, Pa., May 26-29 1850.
Philadelphia: L.A. Wollenweber, 1850. Paperback. 8vo. Yellow printed wrappers. 46pp. Very good. Mild edgewear and faint vertical fold; text block lightly age toned. Item #46581
First edition. The influential "Pennsylvania Ministerium" is the oldest Lutheran church body in the U.S. and created the first Lutheran liturgy; originally called the "German Evangelical Lutheran Ministerium of North America" when founded in 1748, it became the "German Evangelical Lutheran Ministerium of Pennsylvania and the Adjacent States" in 1792. Only in 1918 did it cease to exist when the three major Lutheran church bodies joined to form the United Lutheran Church in America -- which in 1962 joined other American Lutherans and morphed into the Lutheran Church in America -- which in 1988 transformed into the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America! This fascinating and scarce report records the intricate doings of the synod, divided into a number of sessions, with all manner of business major and minor -- finances, foreign and domestic mission activities, parochial numbers, etc. Detailed insight into the inner workings of this important German-American church association.
Price: $125.00