My great-great grandparents immigrated to Perry County, Missouri in 1838-1839. They were part of a German Lutheran immigration which endeavored to establish a Lutheran community in America.
This blog is intended to share the stories of this Perry County community, both past and present. One thing the early colonists considered essential was a Christian education. With that in mind, they built a log cabin to be used as a school. This log cabin college would later become what is presently known as Concordia Seminary, a school for the training of pastors of the Lutheran Church-Missouri Synod. That school is now located in St. Louis. The original log cabin college was built on property that I now own here in Perry County, and that is why I chose the title for this blog. The actual log cabin can be found in Altenburg, next to Trinity Lutheran Church.

Thursday, December 23, 2010

C.F.W.Walther

When I was a youth, one highlight was the Walther League which met at our Lutheran church in St. Louis.  That youth organization within the LCMS was named after C.F.W. Walther.  Walther was one of the immigrants who arrived in Perry County in 1839.  He was one of the pastors who made the trip from Germany, although he was not the leader.  Walther did not spend much time in Perry County, leaving after a few short years to become a pastor in St. Louis.  He also went on to become the first President of what later came to be named the Lutheran Church-Missouri Synod.  Much can be said about Walther's contributions to Lutheranism in America.  His teachings and writings did much to establish the theology and practices of the LCMS. 
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