In the early years of the Missouri Synod, Pastor Schwan (future Synodical President) found himself being told over and over again by fellow pastors that his poor small congregation needed a constitution. This is what he submitted:
Title, constitution and by-laws of the German Evangelical Lutheran Congregation at ...
(1) In our congregation all divine and spiritual matters are to be done in accordance with Scripture and Luther's doctrine (Concordia, 1580).
(2) But all other matters to be done in accordance with love.
From The Heart of Missouri: A History of the Western District of the Lutheran Church-Missouri Synod, 1854-1954. by August R. Suelflow (St. Louis: Concordia Publishing House, 1954.)
About Me
- Timothy C. Schenks
- I have lived in Poplar Bluff, Cape Girardeau, and (briefly) Altenburg, Missouri
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