Concordia University Chicago - Pillars Yearbook (River Forest, IL)

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CONCORDIA TEACHERS COLLEGE RIVER FOREST, ILLINOIS As We go through lite we are sur- rounded by many doors. Our door oi lite is opened to us by Christ. ln the corridor ot this lite is tound a number ot doors representing good and evil. As Christians, We must be led through many doors by the l-loly Scriptures. lt is tor this reason, that We have decided to build our theme around doors. At the end ot lite's path let us follow the cross to the doors opened wide to us by Christ.

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DR. IOHN W. BEHNKEN pecfication His Lord said unto him, Well done thou good and faithful servant: thou hast been faithful over a few things, 1 will make thee ruler over many things - Matt, 25, 21. Such a servant is the man who was elected president of the Texas District of the Missouri Synod in 1926, elected second vice-president of Synod in 1929, first vice-president in 1932 and president of the Missouri Synod in 1935. ln ad- dition to holding these administration duties in Synod, he served as pastor of Trinity Lutheran Church in Houston for over twenty-seven years. ln grateful acknowledgement of the many years of tireless and unselfish service given to his beloved Lutheran Church-Missouri Synod as its president, and, with a just pride in the many tasks accomplished in the interest of lengthen- ing the cords and strengthening the stakes of the Church Militant through his guidance and leadership, we respectfully dedicate this volume to Dr. Iohn W. Behnken, humble servant of God, unclaunted and courageous, yet modest and unassuming, bowing in humble obedience to the supreme authority of God's holy Word.