F.C.D. Wyneken

Friedrich Conrad Dietrich (F.C.D.) Wyneken (May 13, 1810-May 4, 1876) was a missionary, pastor and the second president of the Lutheran Church-Missouri Synod.

One hundred years after fellow Hannoverian Henry Muhlenberg brought together the pastors and congregations of colonial America, Wyneken gathered scattered German Protestants into confessional Lutheran congregations and forged them into a closely knit family of churches. It was Wyneken's influence which brought Wilhelm Sihler from Germany to America. Wyneker's missionary experience, method and plan would influence American Lutheran missions for many years to come. He has been called the "thunder after the lightning." Christian Hochstetter. Die Geschichte der Evangelisch-lutberischen Missouri-Synode in Nord-Amerika, und ihrer Lehrkämpfe. Dresden: Heinrich J. Naumannm, 1885. 116.

Books and articles About F.C.D. Wyneken

Hageman, Gustav. Friedrich Konrad Dietrich Wyneken: Pioneer Missionary of the Nineteenth Century. Men and Missions Series. St. Louis: Concordia, 1926.

Lindemann, J.C.W. "F.C.D. Wyneken." in Amerikanischer Kalender für deutsche Lutheraner auf das jahr 1877 nach der Geburt unsers Herrn Jesu Christi. St. Louis: Der deutschen ev =luth. Synode von Missouri, Ohio u. a. Staaten, 1876.

Rehmer, Rudolph. "The Impact of Wyneken's Notruf." in Missionary to America: The History of Lutheran Outreach to Americans. Essays and Reports of the Lutheran Historical Conference 15. St. Louis: Lutheran Historical Conference, 1992. 198–99.

Rehmer, Rudolph. "Report of the Executive Committee of the Missionary Society of the Synod of Pennsylvania, Containing Brother Wynecken's (sic) Report:" Concordia Historical Institute Quarterly 20 (1947)no. 3:124–25.

Saleska, Edward John. Friedrich Conrad Dietericb Wyneken 1810–1876. STM thesis. St. Louis: Concordia Seminary, 1946.

Smith, Robert E. "Wyneken as Missionary" Let Christ be Christ. Daniel Harmelink, ed. Huntington Beach, CA: Tentatio Press, 1999. 321–340.[1]

Threinen, Norman J. "Wyneken and 19th Century German Lutheranism: An Attempt to Mobilize Confessional Lutherans in Germany in Behalf of Lutherans in North America." in Missionary to America: The History of Lutheran Outreach to Americans. Essays and Reports of the Lutheran Historical Conference 15. St. Louis:Lutheran Historical Conference, 1992.

Threinen, Norman J. "F C.D. Wyneken: Motivator for the Mission" Concordia Theological Quarterly 60 (1996) Nos. 1–2.