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Der Junge Lutheraner
Frankfurt am Main 1948–
Monthly youth supplement bound inside Der Lutheraner (Frankfurt am Main); independent numbering.
2 issues in the archive
LCMS Commission on Constitutional Matters — Minutes
St. Louis, Missouri 1947–2026
The minutes of the Commission on Constitutional Matters of The Lutheran Church—Missouri Synod, the standing body that answers questions put to it about the Synod's Constitution and Bylaws and issues the numbered opinions the Handbook is read by. A volume is a period or a year; an issue is a single meeting, with the date and place the minutes themselves give.
417 issues in the archive
LCMS Convention Proceedings
St. Louis, Missouri 1847–2026
The official record of each regular convention of The Lutheran Church—Missouri Synod: minutes of every session, the resolutions as adopted, the reports of boards and commissions, and the statistical and delegate tables. The first sixty-seven years are the German Synodal-Berichte, set in Fraktur; the record is in English from 1917.
63 issues in the archive
LCMS Convention Workbook
St. Louis, Missouri 1969–2026
What the delegates were given before they voted: the overtures submitted by congregations, districts and boards, with the reports behind them. Read beside the Proceedings of the same year, it shows what was asked and what was granted.
18 issues in the archive
Lehre und Wehre
St. Louis, Missouri 1855–1929
Walther's theological monthly — "Theologisches und kirchlich-zeitgeschichtliches Monatsblatt" — the scholarly companion to Der Lutheraner: where the newspaper addressed the congregations, this addressed the pastors and argued the doctrine at length.
120 issues in the archive
The Lutheran Pioneer
St. Louis 1879–1933
The English monthly of the Evangelical Lutheran Synodical Conference's Negro Mission, held as 55 yearly volumes from 1879 through 1933.
55 issues in the archive
Der Lutheraner
Frankfurt am Main 1947–
Zeitblatt für evangelisch-lutherische Gemeinden in Deutschland; post-war free-church paper.
4 issues in the archive
Der Lutheraner
St. Louis, Missouri 1844–1974
Founded by C. F. W. Walther; the LCMS German-language periodical. Fraktur in early volumes, roman type later.
232 issues in the archive
Synodical Conference Convention Proceedings
St. Louis, Missouri 1872–1966
The record of each convention of the Evangelical Lutheran Synodical Conference of North America, the federation of confessional Lutheran synods — Missouri and Wisconsin throughout, with Ohio, the Norwegian synods and the Slovak synod for parts of its life — from its founding in 1872 until it dissolved in 1967: minutes, essays, mission reports and resolutions. The early volumes are the German Verhandlungen, set in Fraktur; the record is in English later.
35 issues in the archive