Date of Award
11-1-1966
Document Type
Thesis
Degree Name
Master of Divinity (M.Div)
Department
Historical Theology
First Advisor
Phil Schroeder
Abstract
If it were necessary to state a reason for this paper at this time, the reader's attention is directed to the following facts; first of all, the United States Census for 1930reported a total of 303,532 German-Russians in the population of the United States. Secondly, numerous Lutheran congregations within this country, including the Lutheran Church--Missouri Synod, have a membership which is solidly. Of German-Russian extraction. Thirdly, these people have drifted away from the Lutheran church, in many cases, because they were not understood.
The German-Russians and their descendants are with us to stay. They and their descendants now number more than four million. Their family heritage is little known and they have become separated from their forebears. This paper is being written to fill the gap.
Recommended Citation
Schindler, Vernon, "The German-Russians: Their Heritage and their Role in the Lutheran Church--Missouri Synod" (1966). Master of Divinity Thesis. 106.
https://scholar.csl.edu/mdiv/106
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