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Baepler, Walter August

(September 21, 1893–October 9, 1958). B. Fort Wayne, Indiana; d. Springfield, Illinois; grad. Conc. Sem., St. Louis, 1914; pastor Haultain, Sask., 1915, 16; McEachern, Sask., 1916, 17; Moose Jaw, Sask., 1917–20; Winnipeg, Man., 1920–23; prof. Conc. Coll., Edmonton, Alta., 1923–36; Conc. Sem., Springfield, Illinois, 1936–53; pres. there 1953 to 1958. Supt. of missions Man. and Sask. 1918 to 1921; vice-pres. Man and Sask. Dist., Mo. Syn., 1922, 23; pres. Synodical* Conf. 1952–56. Works include A Century of Grace: A History of the Missouri Synod, 1847–1947; A Century of Blessing, 1846 to 1946: Concordia Theological Seminary, Springfield, Illinois.


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