Karl L. Barth (1924-2020) Papers

Collection

Identifier: Collection ID-0028

Staff Only

Dates

Creation: 1970 - 2006

Creator

Barth, Karl L. (Karl Luther), 1924-2020 (Person)

Biographical / Historical

Karl L. Barth was born in November 1924 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. He attended Concordia Lutheran School (Cincinnati, Ohio), Concordia High School and College (Fort Wayne, Indiana). He received his Master of Divinity degree from Concordia Seminary (Saint Louis, Missouri) in 1947. He was a parish pastor for more than twenty years at congregations in New Orleans, Louisiana; Centralia, Illinois; and West Allis, Wisconsin. He was President of the South Wisconsin District of the LCMS from 1970-1982. In 1970 he became chairman of the Board of Control of Concordia College in Wisconsin. He served as chairman of the Commission on Theology and Church Relations from 1974-1981 and received a Doctor of Divinity degree from Concordia Theological Seminary (Springfield, Illinois) in 1975. He served as president of Concordia Seminary (Saint Louis, Missouri) from 1982-1990 when he retired. He was elected to the Synod Board of Directors in 1992. He was the chairman for the celebration of the 150th anniversary of the LCMS in 1997.

Extent

2 Linear Feet (Two cubic foot boxes)

Language of Materials

English

Additional Description

Physical Location

3.8.1.1

Separated Materials

"The Lutheran Understanding of Church Fellowship", LCMS 2000
Issues, Etc. Journal, 3:2
"LifeLight Foundations - Law and Gospel", Leaders Guide, CPH, Saint Louis, MO, 2005
Logia III:4 (1994)
Caring News and Notes, LCMS World Relief and Human Care, Summer 2006

Select Bibliography of Works by Karl L. Barth

Barth, Karl. "Theologians' Convocation and Keynote Address", November 7, 1977, Theologians' Convocation Formula for Concord Essays, 2-10
Barth, Karl. "Address at 2005 Awards Banquet of the Concordia Historical Institute", Saint Louis, MO, CHI Quarterly, 79:2 (1976) 66-70
Barth, Karl L. "Get Out There With Some Godly Passion!", Concordia Theological Quarterly, 68:2 (April 2004), Fort Wayne, Indiana, 99-104
Barth, Karl L. "Together in Christ, To Gather For Christ", Proceedings: Sixth Convention LCMS Indiana District, June 17-20, 1974, 15-33
Barth, Karl. "Scripture and Inscriptions", The Lutheran Witness 125:6 (June 2006)
Barth, Karl L. "150th Anniversary Bible Study", Proceedings: 59th Regular LCMS Convention, July 15-21, 1995, 75-82
Barth, Karl L. "Together in Christ - To Gather for Christ", Concordia Journal, 1:2, March 1975, 62-68
Barth, Karl L. "Something Special Is Going to Happen", Concordia Journal, 4:5, September 1978, 198-200
Barth, Karl L. "Cardinal Principles of Lutheranism and Evangelical Theology", Concordia Journal, 7:2, March 1981, 50-57
Barth, Karl L. "Inaugural Address: Light for the Lamp of Learning", Concordia Journal, 9:1, January 1983, 6-9
Barth, Karl L. "The Founders Built Well", Concordia Journal, 9:2, March 1983, 41-43
Barth, Karl L. "Simultaneous Saints and Sinners", Concordia Journal, 9:6, November 1983, 213-216
Barth, Karl L. "Toward Confessional Preaching", Concordia Pulpit Resources, 5:1 Advent-Transfiguration, 1994-1995, 5-7
Barth, Karl L. "Pulpit and Living Room in the Twenty-first Century", Concordia Pulpit Resources, 12:3, Holy Trinity-Pentecost 15, 6-10
Barth, Karl L. "Christmas Eve: The Peace of Which the Angels Sang (Luke 2:14)", Concordia Pulpit Resources, 16:1, 2005-2006, 51-52, 68
Barth, Karl L. "Christmas Dawn: Christmas with the Shepherds (Luke 2:15-17)", Concordia Pulpit Resources, 17:1, 2006-2007, 56-57, 65