theologian
C. F. W. Walther.
Founding President of the Lutheran Church--Missouri Synod, Lutheran Theologian, Publisher
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About C. F. W. Walther
Carl Ferdinand Wilhelm Walther was a German-American Lutheran minister. He was the first president of the Lutheran Church – Missouri Synod (LCMS) and one of its most influential theologians. He is commemorated by that church on its Calendar of Saints on May 7. He has been described as a man who gave up his homeland for the freedom to speak freely, to believe freely, and to live freely, by emigrating from Germany to the United States.
Everything about C. F. W. Walther →- Occupation
- theologian, writer, university teacher, pastor
- Position held
- President of the Lutheran Church – Missouri Synod, President of the Lutheran Church – Missouri Synod, president
- Citizenship
- United States
- Born
- October 25, 1811
- Died
- May 7, 1887