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CHI News
Lutheran Quarterly Launches Forde Fund to Support Evangelical Theology
The editors and officers of Lutheran Quarterly have created an endowment fund in memory of Gerhard O. Forde, the leading voice of “Radical Lutheranism” emphasizing justification by faith alone. Forde was a frequent contributor to Lutheran Quarterly and Lutheran Quarterly Books (Eerdmans), a longtime Vice President of the LQ Board, and Professor Emeritus of Luther Seminary.
“With our own personal donations as staff and Board members,” said Paul Rorem, editor of LQ and LQ Books, “we have committed ourselves to furthering the Forde legacy of proclaiming the gospel through evangelical theology and careful historical scholarship.”
With initial gifts in hand, the LQ Board can apply the Forde Fund to specific publication projects that promote “Radical Lutheranism,” such as the recent publication of Forde’s own essays (The Preached God: Proclamation in Word and Sacrament), edited by his students – Associate Editors Steven Paulson and Mark Mattes. “As Melanchthon said of Luther,” recalled Associate Editor Timothy Wengert of the Philadelphia Seminary, “this is the man who taught us the gospel.” The editors invite all his students and readers worldwide to join them in extending Forde’s legacy.
For more information, visit the LQ website (www.lutheranquarterly.com) and/or contact Managing Editor Virgil Thompson at lqinc@aol.com (Lutheran Quarterly, 703 West Seventh Avenue, Suite L50, Spokane, WA 99204).
Gladys Suelflow-Krause Dies
Gladys Suelflow-Krause, widow of former Institute director Dr. August R. Suelflow, died at her home in DeKalb, Illinois, Wednesday, 2 April 2008. She was born 28 June 1924 in Mequon, Wisconsin, a daughter of the late Emil and Hulda (Riemer) Gierach. On 16 June 1946 she married Dr. Suelflow, and they enjoyed 53 years of marriage before his death in 1999. In 2002 she married the Rev. E. George Krause of DeKalb.
Gladys served as secretary to Dr. Suelflow at the Institute in the early 1950s and then worked for 30 years for Concordia Seminary in Saint Louis. She was research director and editor of five volumes of biographies of some 1,200 pastors of The Lutheran Church—Missouri Synod, then served as recording secretary of the faculty, director of campus activities and director of publicity. She also held various offices in the Concordia Seminary Guild.
Gladys was a charter member of the CHI Auxiliary, founded in 1952, and held several offices in the organization. In 1992 she wrote “Forty Years behind the Scenes,” a brief history of the auxiliary, and in 1996 she was awarded the Distinguished Service Award by CHI.
Gladys is survived by her husband, George; a daughter, Kathryn (Rev. Dr. Craig) DuBois, Plymouth, Wisconsin; a son, August (Yvonne Summerfield), Koloa, Hawaii; five grandchildren; a sister, Nora Barthel, Thiensville, Wisconsin; a brother, the Rev. Dr. Lester Gierach, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada; and numerous nieces and nephews.
Funeral services will be held on 5 April at Immanuel Lutheran Church, DeKalb, Illinois, and 7 April at Trinity Freistadt Lutheran Church, Mequon, Wisconsin, with burial in the Trinity Freistadt Cemetery. A memorial fund will be established in Gladys’s name for Concordia Historical Institute.