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Seminex (Seminary in Exile) Papers 1972-2006 Seminex (Seminary in Exile) Papers 1972-2006 Collection Number: ORG003 Accession Number: G2007.001 Edwina Landry and Roberta Brent, September 2012 Updated by Sheila Joy, May 2019 Seminary Archives A.R. Wentz Library United Lutheran Seminary Gettysburg + Philadelphia 66 Seminary Ridge Gettysburg, PA 17325 717-339-1317 CONTENTS PROVENANCE 3 HISTORY 3 SCOPE AND CONTENT NOTE 4 RESTRICTIONS ON ACCESS AND USE 4 PROCESSING NOTE 4 SERIES DESCRIPTION AND CONTAINER LIST 5 BOX 1 5 BOX 2 8 BOX 3 16 BOX 4 20 BOX 5 26 BOX 6 26 2 SUMMARY INFORMATION Repository: Seminary Archives, A.R. Wentz Library, United Lutheran Seminary, Gettysburg, PA Creator: Seminex Date: 1972-2006 Language: English Extent: The total extent of the collection is 2.6 linear feet (6 boxes). Accruals: No further accruals are expected. Custodial History: This collection was received by Seminary Archives as a donation from Rev. Gerry Rickel in May 2007. A second accrual was received on September 19, 2011. A third accrual was received on August 23, 2019. Preferred Citation: Seminex (Seminary in Exile) Papers, 1972-2006, Seminary Archives, A.R. Wentz Library, United Lutheran Seminary, Gettysburg, PA. PROVENANCE This collection was donated to the Seminary Archives by Rev. Gerry Rickel. The papers were accumulated while the Rev. Rickel was a student at Concordia Seminary, St. Louis, Missouri, an institution of the Lutheran Church--Missouri Synod (LCMS), during a schism in the LCMS. HISTORY “Seminex” is an abbreviation for Concordia Seminary in Exile (later Christ Seminary-Seminex) that existed from 1974-1987 after a schism in the LCMS. Seminex was formed due to the ongoing Fundamentalist-Modernist Controversary that was dividing Protestant churches in the United States. At issue were foundational disagreements on the authority of Scripture and the role of Christianity. In 1973, President John H. Tietjen (1928-2004), was accused of tolerating the teaching of "false doctrine" at Concordia Seminary and directed to purge the faculty, which he refused to do. The students and faculty protested the order and started Christ Seminary-Seminex (Seminary-in- Exile) in 1974, with Tietjen becoming Seminex president in 1975. The "walkout" resulted in 1976 in the formation of the Association of Evangelical Lutheran Churches (AELC), a predecessor of the Evangelical Lutheran Church of America (ELCA), which Rev. Dr. Tietjen also helped to form in 1987-1988. Christ Seminary-Seminex was dissolved in 1989. 3 SCOPE AND CONTENT NOTE This collection documents the activities of Seminex, also known as Seminary in Exile. It includes campus newspapers, newsletters, correspondence, pamphlets, position papers, booklets, and other miscellaneous items as well as some material from the Seminex 25th Anniversary celebration held in 1999. This collection includes information on Lutheran Church-Missouri Synod (LCMS), Jacob Preus, Evangelical Lutherans in Mission (ELIM), Association of Evangelical Lutheran Church (AELC), New Lutheran Church, Pittsburgh Strategy, and Denominational Ministry Strategy (DMS/DMX) RESTRICTIONS This collection is open for research. REPRODUCTION Permission to publish, quote, or reproduce must be secured by the Seminary Archives. Contact the archivist for more information. PROCESSING NOTE This collection was originally processed and described in by Edwina Landry in May 2012 and reviewed by Roberta Brent in September 2012. The finding aid was reformatted and updated by Sheila Joy in May 2019. Ms. Joy added information pertaining to the collection’s provenance, history, scope and content, and processing note. The original processor’s container list was retained. It includes tables for each of the 6 boxes. Each table is divided into sections that describe the folder number, item number, suborganization it relates to, title of record, author of record, and date of record. Contents in box 5 folder 5 was received from Rev. Gerry Rickel on August 23, 2019, Accession #G2019.052. The personal materials are related Rev. Rickel and the walkout and formation of Seminex. 4 SERIES DESCRIPTION AND CONTAINER LIST Box 1 No. Sub- Title Author Date Organization 1-0 Preus of Missouri and the Great Lutheran Civil War, James E. Adams, (New York: Harper and Row, 1977) plus Review 1-1 LCMS LCMS – Statements/Letters 1973-2002 Brief Statement of the Doctrinal Position of the Missouri Synod The Promise of Missouri The Missouri-Synod Lutheran Civil War Justice Delayed is Justice Denied Herman F. Neunaber The Cresset Reprints – A Review Essay of May/Oct. a Statement of Scriptural and 1973 Confessional Principles Walking together – A simple Question 5/17/76 and Answer Look at the Controversy Confronting the LCMS No. Sub- Title Author Date Organization Newspaper Articles: Missouri Synod Lutheran Faction Eyes Chicago Sun- 6/18/76 Pullout Times Committee on Constitutional Matters Reporter 6/21/76 Clarifies Anaheim Resolution The Root of the Missouri Synod Turmoil Missouri in Perspective Some Institutions Are at the Breaking NY Times 9/11/77 Point Over Theology and Practice Death of Dr. Oliver Harms The Lutheran July 1980 Witness Letter to Board of Control, Students, and Harold H. 11/4/80 Preus Buls Article on Wisconsin Synod and Trinity 10/87 C.F.W.Walther Tidbits Log Cabin to Luther – Rocked by Trinity – Controversy but Growing ELCA Goodland, IN 5 Resolution to Suspend Fellowship with ALC Missouri Convention Forum 8/24/92 Vol.21, No. 8 News Items- Re: Sept. 11 Attack & Benke Christ the 7/23/02 Suspension King – LCMS Perspectives on the Benke Issue 1-2 LCMS Books: Law and Gospel Korey Maas A Brief Historical Sketch of the LCMS Carl S. Meyer Speaking the Truth in Love Aspects of Biblical Hermeneutics Concordia That We May Grow – Convention Dallas, TX 7/15-22/77 Proceedings of 52nd Regular Convention 1-3 Jack Preus Concordia and Preus: Concordia Theological Seminary Brochure Message to the Church 1/28/74 Letter Re: Seminex J.A.O. Preus 2/23/76 Letters to Board of Directors Re: J.A.O. Preus 4/2/76 Anaheim Resolution & 3-09 Monthly Messenger First Lutheran 4/25/72 Church Newspaper Articles: Charges Preus is Partisan St. Louis Post 9/7/75 Dr. Preus Is Survivor of Lutheran Civil St. Petersburg Wart Times New Missouri Synod Battle Site Chicago Sun- 5/29/76 Times No. Sub- Title Author Date Organization Heads Roll in Chairman JAO’s Brand of St. Louis Post Freedom Lutheran Schism Breeds Edgy Humor Bronxville, NY Seminary Probe Planned Clayton, MO Preus Brothers Center Academic Interests on Post Reformation Lutheran Leader Urged to Replace Rhetoric with Action to End Dispute Board Pleads with Presidents: “Cease Being Divisive” Death of Dr. J.A.O. Preus Jr. 1920 - 1994 The Lutheran Oct. 1994 Witness 1-4 ELIM Goals and Objectives – Evangelical ELIM 6 Lutherans in Mission (ELIM) 1-5 ELIM Seminex and Its Future (2 copies) Dr. John H. 8/19/76 Tietjen 1-6 ELIM ELIM Flyer and Newspaper Articles Lutherans Back Creation of New Church Chicago Daily 8/14/75 News ELIM Board Statement on the Tietjen Expulsion 1-7 ELIM Assembly Resolutions ELIM 76-1 To Reaffirm Our Commitment 76-3 The Future of ELIM – original and first draft 76-4 Seminex – unanimous 76-5 Undergraduate Education 76-6 Women in the Church - passed 76-7 The Association of Evangelical Lutheran Church (AELC) and Christian Unity 76-8 National Conference of Afro- American Lutherans 76-9 American Indian Concerns 76-10 Partners in Mission 76-11 Mission 1-8 ELIM WLIM White Papers – Women and Men in Church and Society – Propositions of Unevangelical Practice The Future of LCMS “Moderates” after Aug. 1979 St. Louis Will the Tide Turn for the LCMS in the Sept. 1980 80’s? Women and Men in Church and Society – 10/5/72 Toward Wholeness in the Christian Community Sub- Title Author Date No. Organization A Split from the Traditional Evangelical 1974 Practice of Missouri? A Letter – Propositions of Unevangelical Practice – Presented to the Central District of the Missouri Synod 1-9 ELIM Forward in Mission – A Report on the Chicago, IL 8/26-28/74 Assembly of Evangelical Lutherans in Mission 1-10 ELIM Third Annual Assembly – Holiday Inn, Chicago, IL 8/13-15/75 O’Hare-Kennedy 7 Resolutions 75-1 – 75-11 1-11 ELIM Christ-Alive/Church Alive – Third Chicago, IL 8/13-15/75 Annual Assembly/ Special Report 1-12 ELIM Celebrate Liturgy Chicago, IL 1-13 ELIM ELIM Assembly Chicago, IL 8/18-20/76 Address on Lutheran Cooperation by Dr. 8/18/76 C. Thomas Spitz Address on Churching the Movement by 8/19/76 Dr. Robert Bertram Freed to Serve the Whole world by the 8/19/76 Rev. Herbert Hohenstein Afro-American Lutherans and the 8/19/76 Promise by Dr. Martin E. Marty Sermon by the Rev. James DeLange Huntington 8/19/76 Beach, CA Women in the Church: ELIM Women’s 8/19/76 Network The Task Ahead by James W. Mayer 8/20/76 1-14 ELIM Free to Serve – Assembly Chicago, IL 8/18-20/76 1-15 ELIM Newspaper Articles: Split in Lutheran Ranks May Widen Soon Chicago Sun- 8/7/76 Times Missouri in Perspective – ELIM Board 10/24/77 Elects New President ELIM Offices to be Relocated with Seminex Box 2 No. Sub- Title Author Date Organization 2-1 Seminex Faithful to Our Calling Faithful to Our Lord – Booklets by the Faculty of Concordia Seminary Part I – A Witness to Our Faith – A Joint Statement and Discussion of Issues Part II – I Believe – Personal Confessions of Faith and Discussion of Issues (2 copies) Part III – Let the Bible Come Alive for You 2-2 Seminex Misc. – Concordia Seminary Now in Exile – Logo Card 8 Note of Support from S. Dakota – Pastor Brad Urbach List of Florida Churches – Scott Rickel List of churches and pastors 1-14 Itinerary – Scott Rickel One page of handwritten letter – author unknown Folder label marked final budget (no St.
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