Arthur D. Callies chronicles the tumultuous early history of St. Matthew Evangelical Lutheran Church in Oconomowoc, Wisconsin, focusing on its formation following a divisive split from St. Paul's congregation in the early ...

Chuck Westra’s essay, The WELS in Colorado Springs: The Suspension of Mt. Olive Ev. Luth. Church (1988), recounts the events leading to the suspension of Mt. Olive Lutheran Church from the Wisconsin Evangelical Lutheran ...

Don Wichmann’s A History: St. Mark’s Evangelical Lutheran Church, Watertown, Wisconsin (1980) traces the congregation’s development from its founding in 1854 to the late 20th century. Initially organized under Rev. Christian ...

John Carter recounts the founding and growth of Good Shepherd Evangelical Lutheran Church in Downers Grove, Illinois, tracing its roots to doctrinal unrest within the Lutheran Church–Missouri Synod (LCMS) in the late 1960s ...

Mark Brunner’s 1981 church history paper examines the early years of King of Kings Lutheran Church in Garden Grove, California, highlighting tensions between confessional Lutheran theology and political conservatism. The ...

Joel Willitz’s essay, Secrets to Survival, chronicles the 100-year history of St. John’s Evangelical Lutheran Church in Hatchville (Spring Valley), Wisconsin. Founded by German Lutheran settlers in 1885, the congregation’s ...

Donald Windsperger’s essay documents the development of Family Ministry at St. John’s Evangelical Lutheran Church in Wauwatosa, Wisconsin, from its roots in the 1970s to its flourishing in the late 1980s. Prompted by ...