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Into the pulpits of the 3,780 parishes of the United Lutheran Church last Sunday stepped 3,780 pastors to preach from the same text: "There remaineth yet very much land to be possessed...
With this text from Joshua, the biggest of the 17 groups of Lutherans in the U.S. marked its silver jubilee. The United Lutheran Church is the result of the 1918 merger of Northern and Southern branches separated at the Civil War. Last week the group, looking back over a quarter of a century, noted a 58% increase in membership, from 1,051,815 in 1918 to 1,666,004 today...
...Certain churchmen" may well be Norway's six Lutheran Bishops still at liberty but not officiating, since they refuse to recognize the quisling church setup. Out of reach of questioners is Bishop Eivind Berggrav, whom the Nazis guard in solitary confinement in a cottage near Oslo. Bishop Berggrav observed his 59th birthday last month. As a birthday present, the Nazis took him, under heavy guard, to the dentist...
Chaplains of the Lutheran Synodical Conference of North America who are members of the Nineteenth Class of the Army Chaplain School, attended a dinner at the Faculty Club commemorating Armistice Day, November...
...guests of honor were the Reverend Frederick C. Proehl and the Reverend J. F. Pfeiffer. The Reverend Proehl represented the Army and Navy Commission of the Lutheran Church...