Berthold Von Schenk


Berthold von Schenk was a pastor of Lutheran Church–Missouri Synod and pioneer of Lutheran liturgical renewal.
Rev. von Schenk was trained for ordained ministry at Concordia Seminary, St. Louis, and served first as pastor of a mission congregation in St. Louis, Bethesda Lutheran Church. Notably he served as an inner-city pastor of Our Saviour Lutheran Church and School in The Bronx, New York. He was an internationally renowned author and scholar. He participated in the first of ecumenical Protestant-Roman Catholic consultations prior to Second Vatican Council.
Son of Walter von Schenk who came from Germany to the United States and was a member of the family. He and his descendants dropped the long version of the family name. He was a cousin of Claus Schenk Graf von Stauffenberg, who tried to assassinate Adolf Hitler.

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