Wisconsin Synod [WELS]

File — Box: Nickel 13, Folder: 12

Staff Only

Scope and Contents

Church Union: Report of the Standing Committee on Church Union (August 4, 1949)
Correspondence: To all District Presidents from J. W. Behnken (November 5, 1953)
"A Fraternal Word" Examined (3 pages; 2 versions)
Correspondence from President Oscar J. Naumann to Walter Papenfus (November 21, 1961)
Minutes / Summary: Committee #11 on Church Union (August 11-12, 19??)
Supplementary Report of the Standing Committee in Matters of Church Union (August 4, 1953)
A Brief Study of the "Lutheran Men in America of Wisconsin" (5 pages)
Resolutions Adopted at the Special Convention of the Wisconsin Synod. S. G. Mazak (1 page)
Report of the Floor Committee on Church Union to the Convention assembled at Watertown, Wisconsin (August 5-12, 1953: 4 pages)
Copy of Watertown Daily Times (Wednesday 16, 1961) - Voice of the People by Ralph D. Gehrke
Reply by J. W. Behnken to Remarks Made by Prof. E. Reim (3 pages)
Building a New Unity in The Synodical Conference. American Lutheran (Volume 39:10 | October 1956)
The Distinction Between "Natural" and "Willful" Resistance in Current Controversy - With Special Reference to the Common Confession. The Confessional Lutheran (Volume 15:9 | October 1954)
The False and Deceptive Reasoning of "A Fraternal Reply" Regarding "Objective Justification". The Confessional Lutheran (Volume 15:10 | November 1954)
Evaluation of Missouri Synod Resolutions (reprinted from The Northwestern Lutheran). The Lutheran Witness (Volume 75:17 | August 14, 1956)
Packet Re: Trinity Lutheran Church (Marquette, Michigan)
The Northwestern Lutheran (Volume 44:15 | July 21, 1957), with marginalia
The Northwestern Lutheran (Volume 44:12 | June 9, 1957), with marginalia
"The position of our Wisconsin Synod over against the Common Confession".

Part 1: Our Understanding of the Word "Settlement"
Part 2: Our Reasons for Finding the Common Confession (part 1) to be Inadequate
Part 3: The Further Inadequacy of Part 2 of the Common Confession
Part 4: Our Charge of "Creating a Basically Untruthful Situation"

A Shocking Lutheran Outrage by George Taepke (5 pages)
Danger Ahead: A Conference Paper for The Chicago Heights Special Conference Relative to Synodical Resolutions of the Wisconsin Synod in Matters of Our Negotiations with the ALC by G. Huebener (17 pages)
Ephesians 4:1-6 by E. E. Kowalke. Milwaukee: Northwestern Publishing House, 1953 (19 pages; Library Call #: BS2695.5 .K6 1953)