Carl Christian Hein
Born(1868-08-31)August 31, 1868
Wiesbaden, Germany
DiedApril 30, 1937(1937-04-30) (aged 68)
ChurchEvangelical 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)

Carl Christian Hein (August 31, 1868 – April 30, 1937) was an American Lutheran clergyman.

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

  1. 1 2 3 Lueker, Erwin L.; Poellot, Luther; Jackson, Paul (eds.). "Hein, Carl Christian". Christian Cyclopedia. Archived from the original on May 3, 2009.
  2. ↑ "Trinity Lutheran Seminary". Archived from the original on March 30, 2009.
  3. ↑ "In the Churches". Time. November 5, 1934.


This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.