This is the first of three episodes that cover the history leading up to formation of the ELCA by merging three Lutheran Synods together. We start at the Reformation in this episode. The next one will start in America in the 1800s when a lot of Lutheran immigration occurs. The last will cover the last 75 or 100 years.

Rev Dr Mark Granquist is a professor of the History of Christianity at Luther Seminary in St Paul, MN. He was ordained into the ELCA in 1988 and has served congregations and taught in university settings. His book Lutherans in America: A New History is a definitive work, sharing his understanding of how immigration gave direction to how Lutheranism would flourish in the Americas.

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Where did Martin Luther go into hiding during the height of the German Reformation?

• In the Castle Church in Wittenberg, near the university where he taught
• As a sideshow in the Barnum & Bailey Circus
• In the tower of Wartburg Castle
• In Emperor Charles V’s wine cellar

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• Dr Ganquist’s book related to this episode Lutherans in America: A New History

• The Book of Concord (online)

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