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Christian feast day: F. C. D. Wyneken (Lutheran Church–Missouri Synod)

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F. C. D. Wyneken (Lutheran Church–Missouri Synod) from May 4, null

F. C. D. Wyneken

German-American missionary (1810–1876)

Friedrich Conrad Dietrich Wyneken was a missionary pastor in the United States. He also served for fourteen years as the second president of the Lutheran Church – Missouri Synod, and helped found Concordia Theological Seminary.
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Lutheran Church – Missouri Synod

Christian denomination in the United States

The Lutheran Church – Missouri Synod (LCMS), also known as the Missouri Synod, is an orthodox, traditional confessional Lutheran denomination in the United States. With 1.7 million members as of 2023 it is the second-largest Lutheran body in the United States, behind the…
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