Carl Christian Hein (August 31, 1868 – April 30, 1937) was an American Lutheran clergyman.
Carl Christian Hein | |
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| Born | August 31, 1868 |
| Died | April 30, 1937 (aged 68) |
| Church | Evangelical Lutheran Joint Synod of Ohio American Lutheran Church |
Congregations served | Marion, Wisconsin; Detroit, Michigan; Columbus, Ohio |
Offices held | President, Joint Synod of Ohio (1924-1930) and ALC (1931-1937) |
Born in Wiesbaden, Germany, Hein moved to the United States in 1884.[1] He became pastor of a Lutheran church in Marion, Wisconsin, in 1889, and then moved to Detroit, Michigan, in 1891, where he became pastor of a church there. He moved again to Columbus, Ohio, in 1902, where he pastored a church there for twenty-three years.[1]
In 1924 he was elected president of the Evangelical Lutheran Joint Synod of Ohio, that organization's last president.[2] He became the first president of the American Lutheran Church in 1931, and held that position until his death.[1] He opposed a suggested merger between the American Lutheran Church and the United Lutheran Church in America due to his group's opposition to joining Masonic Lodges, which the ULCA tolerated.[3]
References
edit- ^ a b c Lueker, Erwin L.; Poellot, Luther; Jackson, Paul (eds.). "Hein, Carl Christian". Christian Cyclopedia. Archived from the original on May 3, 2009.
- ^ "Trinity Lutheran Seminary". Archived from the original on March 30, 2009.
- ^ "In the Churches". Time. November 5, 1934.
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