Joel Albrecht’s 1990 church history paper traces the founding and growth of Christ Evangelical Lutheran Church in Eden Prairie, Minnesota. Initiated by Bloomington Lutheran Church as a daughter congregation, the mission ...

Paul R. White’s God’s Tidings of Grace: A Congregational History of the 30 Years of Grace Evangelical Lutheran Church in Waupun, WI (1996) recounts the remarkable growth of a congregation that began in 1966 despite initial ...

Matt Westra’s A Statistical Report and Analysis of New Church Growth in the WELS (2010) examines fifty years of mission expansion within the Wisconsin Evangelical Lutheran Synod (1960–2009). During this period, WELS grew ...

Paul Cerny’s historical essay chronicles the development of St. Luke’s English Lutheran Church in Vassar, Michigan, from its founding in 1936 through 1994. Initiated by layman John Bodeis and supported by the Wisconsin ...

Brent S. Brutlag’s church history paper chronicles the transformative decade of the 1960s at Calvary Evangelical Lutheran Church in Thiensville, Wisconsin. Drawing from congregational meeting minutes, Brutlag highlights ...

This historical study recounts the unique merger of Gloria Dei and Bethesda Lutheran Churches in Milwaukee, the first such union within the Wisconsin Evangelical Lutheran Synod (WELS). Gloria Dei began as a suburban mission ...