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.
- 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
