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It is of my opinion that the committee of your honorable body and that our synod ought to meet to get together in the near future. 232 In his response to Ingebritson, Brenner explains why the Wisconsin Synod did not first make the offer of getting together with the ELS for discussion and consultation on how to address Missouri’s errors. He goes on to welcome Ingebritson’s suggestion of a joint WELS-ELS meeting, A meeting of our two committees had been spoken of also among us, but there was a feeling that such a meeting might possibly create the impression that we are carrying on an agitation behind the backs of the Missouri brethren… …since the Missouri Synod dealt with outsiders and adopted resolutions without having first consulted the other members of the Synodical Conference, it now appears to me entirely proper that we get working together. 233 The critique of the ALC-LCMS union negotiations by the WELS/ELS came at the 1940 Synodical Conference Convention in Chicago, IL. Both synods had previously discussed many of the problems of the ALC-LCMS negotiations with their respective church bodies and had given decisive testimony that the ALC, contrary to the assurances of the Missouri Synod, was still holding to error. 234 This was evidenced by the ALC’s 1938 Sandusky Resolution and the 1940 Pittsburg Agreement between the ULCA and the ALC. 235 232 Henry Ingebritson to John Brenner, letter, January 11, 1939, The John Brenner Collection, file #173. Wisconsin Evangelical Lutheran Synod Archives, Mequon, WI. 233 John Brenner to Henry Ingebritson, letter, January 30, 1939, The John Brenner Collection, file #173. Wisconsin Evangelical Lutheran Synod Archives, Mequon, WI. 234 Scheutze, Synodical Conference, 276. 235 Aaberg, City Set on a Hill, 142-143. The Sandusky Resolution declared that it was impossible and unnecessary to be in complete agreement in doctrine and practice in order for fellowship to be established and that agreement only in the “fundamental” doctrines of Scripture was required. The Pittsburg Agreement undercut the doctrine of verbal, plenary inspiration. 122
At the Synodical Conference convention in Chicago, the two synods stood together. In a resolution drafted to address the ALC-LCMS negotiations, the floor committee asked that the negotiations be postponed until the matters objected to by the other members of the Synodical Conference could be addressed. 236 At its 1941 Fort Wayne Convention, the Missouri Synod voted to continue negotiations with the ALC, thus disagreeing with both the Wisconsin Synod and ELS’ evaluation of the situation. 237 In a letter to Brenner in the fall of 1941, Ingebritson again shows his dismay at events in Missouri. He ponders where his synod and the Wisconsin Synod are to go from here in dealing with Missouri, The ULC and the ALC are certainly acting on the encouragement given by the Fort Wayne resolutions in union matters. In authentic announcements in “Skandinavia” the Norwegian Merger announces that pastors of the ALC, Missouri Synod and the ULC are to have joint meetings in a number of given places. In the “Bond” we get this, “A series of conferences designed to improve relationships among Lutheran groups in America is being planned by special committee of the ALC. Representatives of the three major divisions of American Lutheranism: the ULC, the Missouri Synod, and the ALC, will participate. They will emphasize the growing need of Lutheran unity in this day of crisis.”… I really felt that our committees on union gave the final word to the Missouri Committee at the last meeting in Chicago on further negotiations with the ALC. May I ask: what attitude will your committee take as to the new committee for the Missouri Synod? It is well to begin thinking about this now. 238 What is interesting about the WELS/ELS correspondence between ’35 and ’41 is their mutual recognition of each other’s confessional soundness and Lutheran approach to 236 Schuetze, Synodical Conference, 278. 237 Ibid. 238 Henry Ingebritson to John Brenner, letter, September 26, 1941, John Brenner Collection, File #173. Wisconsin Evangelical Lutheran Synod Archives, Mequon, WI. 123
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