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Paul K. Schwartzkopf - People of Faith

Pastor Paul Schwartzkopf spent his lifetime serving others, beginning with his college years at Purdue University, then as a Peace Corps volunteer helping build bridges and culverts in Tanzania in the mid-1960s, then as a Lutheran minister. He began his ministry with the Missouri Synod Lutheran Church, but early in his ministry the church experienced a major upheaval that resulted in the Missouri Synod splitting. He aligned himself with the more liberal faction, which took the name of Seminex in the early 1970s. That group eventually joined with two other Lutheran synods to create the Evangelical Lutheran Church in American (ELCA) in 1988. He finally retired from the ministry in 2017.

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Feature Excerpt

Bus Ride in Tanzania

Abstract

Interview Session 01 (Audio)

Early life in Columbus, Indiana and Lutheran upbringing

Interview Session 02 (Audio)

College years at Purdue University and arrival in Tanzania

Interview Session 03 (Audio)

Peace Corps experiences building bridges in Tanzania

Interview Session 04 (Audio)

Years in Concordia (Springfield) Seminary, 1966-1970

Interview Session 05 (Audio)

Early ministry in North Chicago, 1970-1973 in Missouri Synod & Seminex

Interview Session 06 (Audio)

Ministry at Peace Lutheran in Lauderdale, MN, 1973-1976 & church conflict

Interview Session 07 (Audio)

Church conflict, Seminex, and ministry in Florissant, MO in AELC

Interview Session 08 (Audio)

Mt. Tabor Lutheran and merger of ALC, LCA & AELC synods, 1984-89

Interview Session 09 (Audio)

St. Mark’s in Olathe, KS, hiatus from and return to ministry, 1989-1999

Interview Session 10 (Audio)

Ministry at Christ Church, Quincy thru 2009 and interim ministries


Photos

Caption
This 1922 cartoon, Descent of the Modernists by E. J. Pace, appeared in William Jennings Bryan’s 1924 book “Seven Questions in Dispute,” and illustrates the debate going on within the Missouri Synod church at the time Schwartzkopf was in the seminary.

Where:
William Jennings Bryan’s 1924 book “Seven Questions in Dispute"

When:
1922

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May be restricted. Patrons desiring to use this photograph should contact the ALPL Audio-Visual Curator.



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