lutheranumc-origins

Lutheran/UMC-Origins

Lutheranism

Origins

· Lutheranism grew out of the Roman Catholic tradition. It’s roots run through the history of the Church to the Apostle’s.

· Martin Luther’s opposition to the false teachings of Rome led to the posting of the 95 Theses in 1517his excommunication from the Roman church in 1520, and ultimately the Book of Concord in 1580 as a summary of true catholic teaching.

Martin Stephan, a Lutheran bishop led a group of Saxons from Germany to Perry County Missouri. After a fallout with Bishop Stephan (sexual immorality charges) C.F.W. Walther became the first President of the Lutheran Church Missouri Synod in 1848.

UMC

Origins

· Methodism grew out of the Anglican Church (our Episcopal Church). The Anglican Church and the English reformation was primarily a rejection of Papal authority, not false doctrine.

· John Wesley, founder of Methodism and an Anglican priest, first gained assurance of His salvation on May 24, 1738 when listening to Luther’s preface to Romans. Many Methodists consider this date as the beginning of their church body.

· For many years Methodism was America’s largest protestant denomination.

Many denominations have spun off from Methodism: The United Brethren Church, the Salvation Army, and many charismatic churches.

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