Matches in DBpedia 2014 for { ?s ?p Friedrich Conrad Dietrich Wyneken (May 13, 1810 in Verden an der Aller – May 4, 1876 in San Francisco) was a missionary, pastor, and the second president of the Lutheran Church–Missouri Synod. He was also the first president of Concordia Theological Seminary.One hundred years after fellow Hanoverian 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. Wyneken's missionary experience, method, and plan influenced American Lutheran missions for many years to come. He has been called the "thunder after the lightning." He is commemorated on the Calendar of Saints of the Lutheran Church–Missouri Synod on May 4.Considered a "tireless" church worker by others, he confessed, rather, that he "suffered horribly from melancholy".. }
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- F._C._D._Wyneken abstract "Friedrich Conrad Dietrich Wyneken (May 13, 1810 in Verden an der Aller – May 4, 1876 in San Francisco) was a missionary, pastor, and the second president of the Lutheran Church–Missouri Synod. He was also the first president of Concordia Theological Seminary.One hundred years after fellow Hanoverian 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. Wyneken's missionary experience, method, and plan influenced American Lutheran missions for many years to come. He has been called the "thunder after the lightning." He is commemorated on the Calendar of Saints of the Lutheran Church–Missouri Synod on May 4.Considered a "tireless" church worker by others, he confessed, rather, that he "suffered horribly from melancholy".".