Series 17: Minnesota District President, 1945 - 1964

Series

Identifier: B010.17

Staff Only

Scope and Contents

From the Collection: The collection is made up of materials created by and collected by Rev. Oscar J. Naumann. The collection reflects the life of an active man involved in leading a small, conservative Lutheran synod based in Milwaukee, WI through the storms of doctrinal conflict to a period of unprecedented growth in souls and mission efforts at home and abroad, while at the same time maintaining a solid, confessional stance based solely on the Word of God. Many of the items in the collection reflect the evangelistic and pastoral nature of a strong, yet humble, leader in the establishment and growth of the WELS as a Scripturally-pure, confessional Lutheran church body during a time of ecumenism, compromise and social gospel among other Lutheran church bodies. Many of these items also reflect his strong leadership amidst the doctrinal crises that arose in the 1950s and 1960s between the Wisconsin Synod and the Lutheran Church-Missouri Synod and amidst the time of growth and expansion that took place in the Wisconsin Synod after the split in 1961.The collection consists of the following series: Series 1: Case files of pastors, laypeople and congregations Series 2: Church of the Lutheran Confession documents Series 3: Federation for Authentic Lutheranism documents Series 4: General correspondence Series 5: Correspondence and documents on inter-church relations Series 5: Correspondence and documents on inter-church relations Series 6: Domestic and foreign Lutheran church bodies Series 7: Lutheran Church-Missouri Synod (LC-MS) documents Series 8: Documents on Lutheran organizations Series 9: Newspaper clippings Series 10: Documents on non-Lutheran organizations Series 11: Correspondence and documents on parish events Series 12: Preaching invitations Series 13: Specific correspondence Series 14: Correspondence and documents on synodical affairs Series 15: Synodical Conference documents Series 16: Correspondence and documents on topical issues

Dates

1945 - 1964

Biographical / Historical

Oscar J. Naumann served as the Minnesota District President from 1948 to 1853 when he became Synod President. While he was the Minnesota District President he also served as the second vice-president of the Synod from 1951 to 1953. During this time he was also the pastor of St. John's Lutheran Church in Spt. Paul MN from 1946 to 1959 when he moved to Milwaukee to become the first fulltime synod president.

Extent

From the Collection: 10 Box : 10 record boxes containing 270 file folders.

Language of Materials

English

Additional Description

Abstract

This series contains correspondence, meeting minutes and notes, district mission board materials, district convention materials and other items related to the Minnesota District.