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The Protes'tant Conference is a loose association of Lutheran churches and churchworkers in the United States. It was organized in 1927 by suspended former members of the Wisconsin Evangelical Lutheran Synod (WELS) following an intrasynodical controversy. It currently consists of six churches and their churchworkers in Wisconsin, Michigan, and California.〔(Protes'tant Conference Website: Churches ) - Retrieved: November 25, 2008〕 It is a conservative, confessional Lutheran Christian group with German immigrant roots. It publishes the periodical ''Faith-Life'' as a conference, and operates the Prostes'tant Conference website. It does not consider itself as a denomination or a church body, but a loose association of churchworkers and independent congregations. ==Orthography== The organization's name includes a single typewriter quotation mark after the second syllable of the word “Protestant,” indicating an accent thereon. == History == The Protes'tant Conference arose out of a controversy over a document known as the ''Beitz Paper'' (written by then WELS pastor W.F. Beitz) inside the WELS in 1926-1927. In his paper, Pastor Beitz discussed the current doctrinal philosophy then prevalent in the synod. Debate arose over the theological nature of the document and about 40 supporters of Pastor Beitz were subsequently suspended from the WELS as a result. These pastors, teachers, and some congregations organized into the non-centralized ''Protes'tant Conference.'' 〔Fredrich, Edward C. (The Protes’tant Controversy ) Lecture for the Minnesota District Pastoral Conference. Rochester: May 1, 1984.〕〔(Protes'tant Conference Website: About )〕 It has undergone three schisms, in 1930, 1952, and 1964.〔(A Brief Study of the Lutheran Churches in America )〕 Internally, the ''Protes'tant Conference'' sometimes refers to itself as ''The Protes'tant Conference of the Wisconsin Synod.'' The name "Protes'tant" was adopted in 1929, on the 400 year anniversary of the Second Diet of Speyer. (The Second Diet of Speyer resulted in the adoption of the name "Protestant" against this Holy Roman Imperial decision to outlaw the Lutherans.) The name "Protes'tant" was chosen to signify their protest against "synodicalism" on the part of both the Wisconsin and Missouri Synods. While the Missouri Synod did not expel the Protes'tants, it synodically ratified the expulsions in 1927.〔 Hensel, Ph.: "A Brief History of the Protes'tant Controversy", ''Faith-Life'', 73(6):5.〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Protes'tant Conference」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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