Lutheran World Convention
The Lutheran World Convention (English: Lutheran World Convention ), the first time from 19 to 24 August 1923 in Eisenach met, put the beginning of a worldwide network of Lutheran churches is decisive for its establishment was the. Swedish Archbishop Nathan Söderblom . In 1947 the Lutheran World Federation emerged from the Lutheran World Convention .
At the first meeting, which was convened at the suggestion of the National Lutheran Council in the USA and the General Evangelical Lutheran Conference founded in Germany in 1868 , 144 delegates from 22 countries came together to discuss questions of the Lutheran creed and ecumenism, as well as practical issues to decide mutual help. The president was the Saxon regional bishop Ludwig Ihmels . Especially the worldwide material aid after the First World War strengthened the worldwide solidarity of the Lutheran churches.
Meetings of the Lutheran World Convention
- 1923: Eisenach
- 1929: Copenhagen
- 1935: Paris
- 1946: Uppsala
literature
- Siegfried Krügel: Lutheran World Federation - "Sent into the World" (notebooks from Burgscheidungen; 192). Berlin (East) 1973, pp. 3–10 ( digitized version ).
- Kurt Schmidt-Clausen: From the Lutheran World Convention to the Lutheran World Federation. History of the Lutheran World Convention (1923-1947) . Gütersloh 1976