First published in 1902, this volume provides a history of the Tennessee Synod of the Lutheran Church in the United States, from its origins in the 1820s to the turn of the 20th century. The volume includes sections on the establishment of Lutheran churches in Tennessee, Virginia, and North Carolina, as well as on the role of the Tennessee Synod in the broader history of Lutheranism in America.

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