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ARTICLE VIII, SECTION 1
"The ministerium is composed of the ordained ministers of Synod: and shall have charge of the examination of candidates, licensure, and ordination of ministers, reception of ministers from any other ecclesiastical bodies, and the examination and deci-
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sion of charges of heresy against any of Its own members".
Then follow twelve sections within this article fixing an order of business and methods of procedure in business. A fourteenth section is added as follows :
"In all cases where District Synods have not made provision for a Ministerium, all the powers and duties prescribed in this article shall devolve on the Synod."
It is evident that by the addition of this section to this Article recognizing and defining the duties of the Ministerium, the General Synod made the con- tinuance of the Ministerium itself entirely optional in all the Synods. When the vote was to be taken on1 this Section in that body, the yeas and nays were called. The Western Synods with two exceptions, in the main, favored the change, while the Eastern Synods also with two exceptions opposed it. By a vote of 67 to 55, the Ministerium was made optional. The General Synod held this new constitution under consideration during (two bienniums) four years. This section presented one of the main points of dif- ference and discussion among the Synods, as the vote indicated, and the debate continued in the church papers and periodicals of the General Synod for some years thereafter. It involved one of the fundamentals of our Church polity. The Constitution of Witten- berg Synod relating to the matter of the Ministerium had the following : .
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ARTICLE X Ministerial Session
SEC. I. A meeting shall be held during the Con- vention of Synod consisting exclusively of ministers for the purpose of attending to those duties which Christ and his Apostles enjoined upon them alone, viz. : Licensure, and ordination of Candidates for the Ministry. This meeting shall be called the Min- isterium.
SEC. II. Licensed Candidates have no vote in the Ministerial Session and shall withdraw whenever requested by the ordained ministers.
SEC. III. The Ministerium shall also be the proper body by whom all charges of heresy against a minister are to be examined and decided and also all appeals from the decision of a special conference on a similar charge.
SEC. IV. When ordained ministers of other de- nominations make application for admission into con- nection with this synod, the Ministerium shall be the body to decide on the case.
SEC. V. A majority of two-thirds of the or- dained ministers shall be required either for the licen- sure of an applicant or the ordination of a licensed candidate or the admission of an ordained minister of another denomination.
SEc. VI. All business not specifically entrusted to the Ministerium in this Constitution shall belong to the Synod.
While the question of the Ministerium was in discussion, throughout the General Synod, -in the sessions of the other District Synods and the Church
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publications, Wittenberg Synod was doing its full share. In its annual session at Crestline, in 1873, an amendment to its Constitution was presented in which it was proposed to strike out Article X and all reference to the Ministerium in other articles, and in certain other articles to substitute the word "Synod" for Ministerium .* For a period of two or more years, the subject engaged in the discussion the best talent in the General Synod. During this period of agitation this amendment lay on the tables awaiting the issue. The discussion took the follow- ing form. On the one hand, those who wished to retain the Ministerium seemed to be engaged in a direct effort to exclude the laity from any right or part whatever in determining who shall be entrusted with the sacred office of the ministry. And this was recognized to be in direct and complete contraven- tion of the universally accepted doctrine of a general and universal priesthood among all believers, and to recognize only a special priesthood and thus far was the same in principle with "the Romish doctrine of the exclusive power of the bishops to make ministers and send them where they please without the consent or voice of the church." On the other hand, those who favored the rejection of the Ministerium seemed to deny the right and function of any special priest- hood in any part of the church and to ignore the superior competency and special fitness of the clergy to conduct the examination of candidates for the ministry, and to perform the acts of licensure and ordination. But the debate in both the General Synod
*Minutes, 1873, p. 24.
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and the District Synods developed that the real issue was not one of special fitness or propriety in the ex- amination of candidates and in their induction into the office of the ministry, but one of inherent au- thority or power. In other words, the vital issue was, to whom has been delegated, primarily, the au- thority to license and ordain, - the whole church or the clergy alone? Both parties in the discussion agreed as to the superior competency of the clergy to examine, and the propriety of their conducting the ceremonies of licensure and ordination, but those favoring the rejection of the Ministerium contended that the right of the clergy to exercise this special function does not come immediately from Christ, as the Head of the Church to them alone, but from Him indirectly, through the whole Church, clergy and laity. In support of this distinction between the right and the exercise of the right, the older theologians were found to agree. Hollaz says, "The right of calling ministers is in the power of the whole church, in all its parts and members. The calling of ministers taken in a general and comprehensive sense (embrac- ing election, ordination, and calling, strictly speaking) should be so conducted by the whole church that due order may be preserved and confusion avoided. And so to the Presbytery ( the clergy) belong examina- tion, ordination, and inauguration, and to the people, their consent, vote, and approval."*
With this statement, Gerhard and Quenstedt, Baier and Buddeus are found to be in almost verbal agreement, while none of the fathers disagree. So
* Hollaz. Examens, Part IV. Cap. Il, p. 83.
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that, these older authorities plainly say, that the right of calling ministers is in the power of the whole church, and that the exercise of this right, for the sake of order, belongs in part to the ministry, and in part to the laity.
Martensen says, explicitly, "It is really the gen- eral priesthood of believers which gives birth to the special, and the Apostles themselves must have been disciples or Christians before they could have be- come Apostles or overseers of the Christian com- munity. In the case of need, the Church must have power to ordain their ministers, through their lay members, if they are not in a position to obtain min- isters who have already been ordained. What is here said of the power and authority to preach and ad- minister the sacraments, viz .: that it is deputed by the congregation to the preacher, is true also of the keys."+
In maintaining this distinction between this right and the exercise of this right, the ministry alone may perform these duties of examination and induction into the Holy Office, but the authority to perform must come from the whole Church. In agreement with this principle the Clergy awaits the call of the Church before laying hands on any candidate for ordination. In clearly maintaining this principle the Lutheran Church in her polity, differentiates herself from the Roman Church, on the one hand and the Re- formed branches of Protestantism on the other. Wit- tenberg Synod in rejecting the Ministerium, did so with the purpose of emphasizing in a practical manner
+Martensen's Dogmatics, p. 448.
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her view of the evangelical character of this prin- ciple in Church polity and government. Its President, Rev. Jacob Steck in his report to Synod at its con- vention in Crestline in 1875 recommended as follows : "I call attention of Synod to an item of business laid on the table at the previous meeting. This item calls for the striking out of Article X of the Constitution of Synod. This article relates to the Ministerium. It has been our custom as it has been that of many other synods, when certain questions were to be considered, to invite the laity to retire, while the ordained ministers alone remained to consider them. In the opinion of some this savors of priestcraft and can not be' justified from Scripture authority, or uniform Lutheran usage. It is thought that there are no questions proper to be considered by the Min- isterium from which the ear and voice of the people should be excluded. I recommend therefore that Article X of our Constitution, with all that relates to the Ministerium, be stricken out. As a corollary to this, I also recommend that the President of Synod be no longer authorized to grant Ad Interim License in any case."* The Synod's Committee, whose chair- man was Dr. S. F. Breckenridge, - reporting these recommendations, moved their adoption, which was almost unanimously approved .; Since this action, there have been no ministerial sessions in any of the Conventions of Wittenberg Synod, and all the busi- ness formerly entrusted to the Ministerium alone, now
*Min. 1875, p. 28.
+Min. 1875, p. 12. This action was undesignedly omitted from the Minutes of 1875, but is found in Minutes of 1876 p. 21.
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belongs to the whole synod. All the District Synods now embraced in the General Synod hold regular or occasional sessions of Ministerium except three. The Susquehanna Synod, organized in 1867, never held a ministerial session. The Nebraska Synod, organ- ized in 1873, held such sessions until 1907, when they were discontinued, and, as has been observed, Witten- berg Synod has discontinued her Ministerium since 1875. For several years, tho not successively, the Synod held its examination of candidates for licensure and ordination by the Examining Committee, before the whole synod. Tho these examinations elicited much interest on the part of the Synod, yet, because of the time necessary for such work, the practice was discontinued. This work is now conducted privately by the Examining Committee on the day previous to the opening of the regular sessions of the Synod.
APPENDIX B (535)
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APPENDIX B PASTORS OF WITTENBERG SYNOD FROM 1847 to 1916.
No.
Pastors.
Charges Served.
When Received.
1
1
Rev. F. J. Ruth.
2
Rev. J. 11. lloffman
Pioneer Missionary, Ash- land, Bucyrus, Galion, Mt. Zion, Spring Mill ... Arcadia, Bellevue, Mans- field, Upper Sandusky.
Charter Charter
3 Rev. J. Seidle
Woodview, Albion, Indiana.
Charter
4
Rev. A. Kuhn.
Wooster, Shelby, Leesville.
Charter
5
Rev. J. Livengood
Tiffin, Findlay
Charter
6 Rev. G. Hammer
Findlay, West Cairo, Up- per Sandusky. Arcadia ..
Charter
Rev. J. Crouse, D. D.
De Kalb, Plymouth, Bucy- rus, Tiffin, Tiro.
Charter
8 Rev. Ezra Keller, D. D ..
Springfield
Charter
9
Rev. R. Maize.
Albion, Indiana Bellevue
Charter Charter
Rev. S. Sprecher, D. D .. LL. D.
Springfield, Pres. Witten-
berg College
1848
12 13 14
Rev. J. Heckenlively
Bucyrus
Charter 1818
Rev. J. Cather
Defiance
Rev. W. Wonders.
C'arey, Bellville, North Liberty
1848
15 16
Rev. V. Exline.
Lima, Liberty Center. Plymouth, Ontario
1848 Charter
17
Rev. S. Fenner
Mansfield, Upper Sandusky
1849
18 19 Rev. J. J. Hoffman
Ashland, Auburn. Indiana. Upper Sandusky, Tiffin. . . Upper Sandusky
1849
Rev. J. Schauer.
1849
20 Rev. J. B. Oliver.
1849
10 11
Rev. C. Mook
Rev. E. Eastman
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APPENDIX B PASTORS OF WITTENBERG SYNOD FROM 1847 to 1916.
Time of Dismissal.
General Remarks.
En- tered Miu- istry.
Died July 27, 1884.
First president Wittenberg Synod; Re-elected in 1858.
1830
1862; dismissed to Nor.
Indiana Synod
President of Wittenberg Synod in 1849 and 1850 ...
1847
1851; Regularly dismissed ..
1847
Died March 13, 1862.
First treasurer of Wittenberg Synod, 1847 and 1848 ... Treasurer Wittenberg Synod for seven years, 1849-1856 First secretary Wittenberg Synod; president Wittenberg Synod,
1836
1855; regularly dismissed ..
1852 and 1853
1847
1850; dismissed to East Ohio Synod
1847
Died June 17. 1888
Secretary Wittenberg Synod 1849 and 1850; president Wit- tenberg Synod 1854 and 1855: three times served as financial agent of Wittenberg College .... First president Wittenberg Col- lege; president Wittenberg Syn- od 1848
1847
Died December 29, 1848
Died 1851
1847
1860; withdrew to Evan- gelical Association
1847
1858; transferred to East Ohio Synod
President Wittenberg Synod,
1851
1836
Licensed and ordained. 1848
Licensed and ordained. 1848
licensed and ordained
1848
1849; license not renewed. 1852; expelled from min- istry
Died May 6, 1896.
licensed and ordained, Secretary Wittenberg Synod 1851-1852;
president Wittenberg Synod
1856 and 1857
1849
Licensed
1849
1849
1854; license not renewed. 1855; regularly dismissed ..
1853; dismissed to Olive Branch Synod
1836
1855; regularly dismissed ..
1856; regularly dismissed ..
1863; dropped from roll of Synod
1848
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PASTORS OF WITTENBERG SYNOD FROM 1847 to 1916 - Continued
No.
Pastors.
Charges Served.
When Received.
21
Rev. I. Culler
New Castle, Tiffin, Spring Mills
1850
22
Rev. Morris Officer
Van Wert. Springfield, Sec- retary Board of Home and Foreign Missions ...
1850
23
Rev. G. N. H. Peters.
Woodbury, Xenia. Ply-
1850
24
Rev. J. P. Brickley.
Bellefontaine
1850
25
Rev. G. Walker.
Albion, Indiana
1850
26
Rev. F. R. Tobias
Woodbury
1850
27
Rev. H. R. Geiger, Ph. D.
Prof. Wittenberg College.
1851
28
Rev. D. Harbaugh
No settled pastorate.
1851
29
Rev. H. Hassler ..
Shauck's
1851
30
Rev. J. W. Goodlin, D. D.
Woodbury, Bellefontaine,
Wapakoneta. Secretary Board of Home Missions
1851
31
Rev. J. Hall.
Delphos, New Castle, Re- tired in 1863.
1852
32
Rev. A. R. Howbert,
D. D.
Bucyrus, Sulphur Springs West Liberty
1852
33
Rev. D. Sprecher
Shelby
1852
34
Rev. S. Ritz.
Ashland
1852
35
Rev. D. Heckenlively. . . .
Marion
1852
36
Rev. A. J. Imhoff, D. D.
Tarlton, Findlay, Leipsic ..
1852
37
Rev. A. Donaldson
Woodbury
1852
38
Rev. J. B. Butler
No pastorate
1852
39 Rev. W. Waltman
Lisbon, Indiana
1852
40
Rev. S. Spyker
Massillon, Convoy
1852
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HISTORY OF THE WITTENBERG SYNOD
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PASTORS OF WITTENBERG SYNOD FROM 1847 to 1916 - Continued
Time of Dismissal.
General Remarks.
En- tered Min- istry.
Died March 28, 1882.
From English District Synod
of Ohio
1844
Founder of mission work in
Africa; transferred to Con-
gregational Church
1850
Died October 7, 1909
Licensed and ordained, Treasurer
Wittenberg Synod 1855-1858,
Author of "Millenial Reign"
1850
1852; died of Cholera.
1855; regularly dismissed.
1852; license not renewed ..
Licensed
1850
Died July 18, 1809.
Licensed and ordained; one of founders of Wittenberg College, and professor of natural science and mathematics for 36 years .. From English District Synod of Ohio
1851
1852; removed
Died August, 1854
1.icensed and ordained; four
years secretary Wittenberg
Synod; two years president
Wittenberg Synod; twelve years secretary board of home missions; founder of Lutheran Missionary Journal; secretary
General Synod 1881
1850
1877; name dropped.
Licensed and ordained
1849
Chaplain 84th Ohio Volunteer
Infantry : president Wittenberg
Synod 1867 and 1868.
Licensed and ordained.
1852
1855; removed
1855; dismissed irregularly.
1852
1887; dismissed to Miami Synod
Licensed and ordained ; presi- dent Wittenberg Synod 1860. 1852
Licensed 1852
1856; license not renewed. 1853; dismissed to the Mi- ami Synod
1852
licensed and ordained.
1852
1856; dismissed to North- Indiana Synod
1856; dismissed regularly ..
Licensed and ordained 1852
1851
Died August 20, 1903.
Died November. 1895.
1856; regularly dismissed ...
From Miami Synod.
Licensed and ordained. 1850
licensed and ordained. 1850
1871; removed to Kansas ..
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PASTORS OF WITTENBERG SYNOD FROM 1847 to 1916 - Continued
No.
Pastors.
Charges Served.
When Received.
41 42
Rev. A. A. Davis.
No regular charge. Mt. Zion (Lucas)
1852
Rev. W. A. G. Emerson.
1854
43
Rev. D. Summers
Plymouth, Shelby
1855
44
Rev. A. F. Hills.
Crestline, Wapakoneta
1855
45
Rev. A. J. Weddell.
First Church, Springfield.
1855
46
Rev. Thomas Hill.
Tiffin, Crestline
1856
47
Rev. J. G. Beckley
Upper Sandusky
1856
48
Rev. A. R. Brown
Woodbury. Shelby, Pleas- ant Valley Charge.
1856
49
Rev. A. B. Kirtland
Upper Sandusky, Crest-
1858
50
Rev. W. C. Hauer
Vanlue, Carey, Arcadia ....
1858
51 52
Rev. A. Myers.
Tarlton, Retired
1858
North Liberty
1858
53
Rev. G. W. Settlemeyer.
No regular pastorate
1858
54
Rev. S. McReynolds,
Ashland
1859
55
Rev. J. H. Heck.
Springfield
1859
56
Rev. A. F. McConoughy.
Arcadia
1859
57 58
Rev. C. Wolff.
No regular pastorate.
1859
Rev. J. Selmser.
Plymouth
1860
59
Rev. J. F. Reinmund, D. D.
Bellefontaine. Tiffin
1860
60
Rev. T. W. Sargent.
Union Church, Williams
County, O.
1860
Rev. Ananias S. Miller ...
line
HISTORY OF THE WITTENBERG SYNOD
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PASTORS OF WITTENBERG SYNOD FROM 1847 to 1916 - Continued
Time of Dismissal.
1856; license not renewed. 1859; dismissed to East Ohio Synod
1899; retired; died Febru- ary 27, 1911.
Died in 1859
1857; dismissed regularly to the Synod of Ohio .. March 30. 1892; dismissed to Marion Presbytery. Presbyterian Church . . . Removed to East Ohio Synod in 1858.
1862; entered Federal Ar- iny as Chaplain
Name dropped from roll in 1879.
June, 1-67; dismissed to Miami Synod
Died April 12, 1885
Dismissed to East Ohio Synod in 1859
1859; dismissed to the Central Pennsylvania Synod January, 1861; dismissed to East Ohio Synod. 1861; dismissed to the East Pennsylvania Synod.
Died in 1864 from wounds received at .Atlanta, Ga.
Name dropped
1865, dismissed to the
Hartwick Synod, N. Y.
1872; dismissed to the East Pennsylvania Synod.
1862; dismissed to the Northern Indiana Synod.
General Remarks.
Eu- tered Min- istry.
From English Synod of Ohio.
Secretary Wittenberg Synod 1858; president Wittenberg Synod 1864 and 1865; president Wit- tenberg Synod 1881 and 1882 .... | 1:52 Secretary of Wittenberg Synod in 1856 1849
From District Synod of Ohio.
Licensed and ordained. 1856
Licensed and ordained. 1855
Licensed and ordained. 1855
Secretary Wittenberg Synod in 1867; retired in 1863, later be- came editor of "Nevada En- terprise"
1857
Secretary Wittenberg Synod in 1860 and again in 1864.
1846
Licensed and ordained. 1857
licensed and ordained. 1856
From Allegheny Synod; ordained.
1858
From New York Ministerium; Secretary Wittenberg Synod in 1859
licensed and ordained; served as hospital nurse in the Army of the Cumberland. 1859
Removed to Indiana. 1859
From Hartwick Synod, New York
From Miami Synod 1853
From Olive Branch Synod.
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PASTORS OF WITTENBERG SYNOD FROM 1847 to 1916 - Continued
No.
Pastors.
Charges Served.
When Received.
61
Rev. Isaac Sprecher
Professor College
in Wittenberg
1860
62
Rev. C. A. Gelwicks
West Liberty
1860
63
Rev. M. J. Stover
Galion
1861
64
Rev. W. C. Barnett.
Bellefontaine, Wapakoneta
(Supply),
1861
65
Rev. D. I. Foust.
Woodbury, Shelby
Crestline,
1862
66
Rev. J. B. Helwig, D. D,
Sulphur field
Springs, Spring-
1862
67 68
Rev. L. Weishaupt.
West Jefferson
1862
Rev. T. T. Titus
Springfield
1863
69
Rev. I. K. Funk, D. D., LL. D.
Carey
1863
70
Rev. M. W. Hamma, D. D., LL. D.
Bucyrus, First Church,
Springfield
1864
71
Rev. M. J. Firey, D. D ..
First Church.
Mansfield, First Church, Springfield
1864
72
Rev. J. G. Harris.
No regular pastorate.
1864
HISTORY OF THE WITTENBERG SYNOD
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PASTORS OF WITTENBERG SYNOD FROM 1847 to 1916 - Continued
Time of Dismissal.
1866; dismissed to the Northern Indiana Synod.
1863; dismissed to the West Pa. Synod.
1863; dismissed to the Hartwick Synod
1866; name stricken from roll of Synod on ac- count of insubordination.
February, 1883; died in wreck on Big Four Rail- road between Crestline
and Galion
1891 ; dismissed to the Bellefontaine Presby- tery of the Presbyterian Church
Removed irregularly to Pennsylvania
1867; dismissed to the Maryland Synod
1865; dismissed to the Synod of New York and New Jersey
1878; dismissed to the Synod of New York. and New Jersey
1907: dismissed to the Synod of Kansas.
Died September 14, 1900.
General Remarks.
En tered Min- istry.
Licensed and ordained: secretary Wittenberg Synod in 1862 and 1863
1860
Secretary Wittenberg Synod in 1861
1858
From East Pa. Synod.
From Miami Synod.
1849
From Central Pa. Synod
1860
Licensed and ordained; president Wittenberg Synod in 1890; president Wittenberg College
1874 to 1882.
1862
Licensed and ordained
1861
Secretary Wittenberg Synod in 1865; president Wittenberg Syn- od in 1866.
1855
From Synod of Kentucky; senior member of firm of Funk & Wagnalls, publishers; editor of Standard Dictionary
1861
President Wittenberg Synod in 1871; later patron of Witten- berg Theological Seminary, now HIamma Divinity School. 1862
Licensed and ordained: author of "Infant Salvation" 1863 1841
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HISTORY OF THE WITTENBERG SYNOD
PASTORS OF WITTENBERG SYNOD FROM 1847 to 1916- Continued
No
Pastors.
Charges Served.
When Received.
73
Rev. D. W. Smith. D. D.
Wapakoneta, First Church Mansfield, First Church, Springfield, St. Luke's, Mansfield
1864
74
Rev. Il. L. Wiles. D. D ..
Mt. Zion ( Lucas), First
Church, Mansfield
1864
75
Rev. G. W. Halderman, D. D.
Van Wert, (Supply), Sul- phur Springs
1865
76
Rev. Melancthon Ort
Townsend, Sulphur Springs
1865
77
Rev. T. Atkinson
No regular pastorate. 1865
78
Rev. W. W. Criley. D. D.
Tiffin, Findlay 1865
79
Rev. J. O. Hough.
Plymouth
1865
80
Rev. S. A Ort, D. D., LL. D.
Findlay, Professor in Wit-
tenberg College, Presi- dent of Wittenberg Col- lege
1865
81
Rev. J. W. Elser
Liberty Corners
1866
82 83
Rev. W. J. Sloan
Upper Sandusky
1866
Rev. L. M. Kuhns, D. D.
Bellefontaine 1866
84
Rev. J. H. Brown
Bucyrus Charge
1867
85 86 87
Rev. D. S. Truckenmiller Rev. H. B. Belmer, D. D.
Republic, Carey, Woodbury Findlay, Upper Sandusky ..
1867
88
Rev. B. F. Prince, Ph. D.
Professor in Wittenberg
College
1867
89 Rev. I. Hough.
Arcadia
1868
1867
Rev. J. W. Henderson ...
Carey, Tiffin 1867
HISTORY OF THE WITTENBERG SYNOD
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PASTORS OF WITTENBERG SYNOD FROM 1847 to 1916- Continued
Time of Dismissal.
General Remarks.
En- tered Min- istry.
Died May 3, 1893
Died Sept. 4, 1902.
From Miami Synod; president of Wittenberg Synod in 1878 and 1879
1864
Licensed and ordained; secretary Wittenberg Synod 1868 and 1869; President Wittenberg Synod
1888 and 1889.
1864
From Northern Indiana Synod.
1864
From Miami Synod 1864
Licensed
1864
Licensed and ordained.
1865
1868; dismissed to the Mi- ami Synod
From Synod of Iowa; secretary of Wittenberg Synod in 1866 ...
1862
1874 : dismissed to the Olive Branch Synod. ..
Licensed and ordained; secre-
tary Wittenberg Synod 1870- 1875; secretary General Synod 1873-1877; president General Synod 1877-1879
1865
Licensed
1866
From East Ohio Synod.
From Pittsburg Synod.
1852
1871; dismissed to the Cen- tral Pa. Synod
Died January 21, 1877.
1883; dismissed to the Kansas Synod
Name dropped in 1870.
1879; dismissed to Olive Branch Synod
Died June, 1872
Licensed and ordained. 1867 Licensed and ordained. 1868
1867: dismissed to the Northern Illinois Synod. 1867; dismissed to the East Ohio Synod
1869; dismissed to the East Ohio Synod
From the East Ohio Synod; pres- ident Wittenberg Synod 1869 and 1870
1854
From East Pa. Synod. 1859
From Miami Synod. 1867
From Northern Indiana Synod ... 1865
1867; dismissed to the East Pennsylvania Synod .. . . 1867; dismissed to Hart- wick Synod, New York .. 1865; dismissed to the East Pennsylvania Synod. 1891; dismissed to the East Ohio Synod
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HISTORY OF THE WITTENBERG SYNOD
PASTORS OF WITTENBERG SYNOD FROM 1847 to 1916 - Continued
No.
Pastors.
Charges Served.
When Received.
90
Rev. J. F. Shearer
Shelby, Bellefontaine
1868
91
Rev. M. L. Wilhelm
Plymouth, Shelby
1868
92
Rev. C. Lepley
No pastorate
1868
93
Rev. J. M. Emerson
Emanuel - Pleasant Valley
Pastorate
1869
94 95
Rev. H. Wells.
Van Wert
1869
Rev. E. W. Souders ...
Woodbury, Galion
1869
96
Rev. Charles Flickinger.
No pastorate
1869
97 9%
Rev. D. W. Kinsel
Findlay, Supply Pastor. No pastorate
1869
99
Rev. I. N. Kieffer
No pastorate
1869
100
Rev. S. F. Breckenridge, D. D.
Bellefontaine, Plymouth,
Professor in Wittenherg College
1869
101 102 103 104 105
Rev. D. A. Kuhn
Nevada, Wapakoneta
- 1870
Rev. J. B. Baltzly, D. D.
Bucyrus
1870
Findlay
1870
Rev. Geo. Sinsabaugh.
Spring Mills Charge
1870
Rev. J. K. Eckman
Republic, Arcadia
1870
106
Rev. W. M. Gilbreath.
Woodbury
1870
107
Rev. J F. Hershiser,
D. D.
Spring Mills Charge, Bell-
ville
1871
Rev. P. S. Hooper
1809
Rev. II. S. Cook
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