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Our history
1930
Synod enters debt and financial hardship—mission work suffers
1933
Synod elects John Brenner as president
1935
Synod resolves to retire debt
1939
Subscribers to English Northwestern Lutheran outnumber those to German Gemeinde-Blatt
Synod protests LCMS ties with ALC
1949
Synod sends exploratory team to Africa
1950
First synod services in California
1952
Missionary sent to Japan
1953
Missionary team arrives in Zambia
1954
Arizona-California District added to synod
1955
First synod services in Florida
1959
Synod officially becomes Wisconsin Evangelical Lutheran Synod
1961
Synod resolves to break with LCMS
1973
South Atlantic District added to synod
1983
North Atlantic District added to synod
South Central District added to synod
1995
Martin Luther College begins in New Ulm and Luther Preparatory Schools begins in Watertown
From Together in Christ: A History of the Wisconsin Evangelical Lutheran Synod © 2000 Northwestern Publishing House, Milwaukee WI. All rights reserved.
