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St. Paul Lutheran High School (Missouri)
St. Paul Lutheran High School (SPHS) is a secondary school in Concordia, Missouri, United States. It is affiliated with the Lutheran Church–Missouri Synod (LCMS). The school opened in 1883 and, from 1905 to 1986, included two years of junior college and was known as St. Paul's College. About 200 students attend SPHS, with half of them living in dormitories on the campus. It is the only remaining residential high school run by the LCMS itself. SPHS is accredited by the National Lutheran School Association and Cognia. History In 1883, Franz Julius Biltz, who was the pastor of St. Paul's Lutheran Church in Concordia and president of the Western District of the LCMS, petitioned the synod to establish a pre-seminary preparatory school to help meet the demand for pastors. At the time, the LCMS was not able to undertake the project financially because it was building Concordia Seminary in St. Louis. Biltz then urged his congregation in Concordia to open and support the scho ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Concordia, Missouri
Concordia is a city in Lafayette County, Missouri, and is part of the Kansas City metropolitan area within the United States. The population was 2,450 at the 2010 census. History Concordia was platted in 1868. The city was named after a place mentioned in the poem "Das Lied von der Glocke" by Friedrich Schiller. A post office called Concordia has been in operation since 1865. A large share of the early settlers were Germans. Among these immigrants were ancestors of scientist Linus Pauling. In 1842, Christoph Friedrich Pauling, his wife Catharine and their daughters Rebecca and Charlotte immigrated to the United States from Hanover, with a son being born while they were crossing the Atlantic; they travelled to "a German settlement in Concordia, Missouri", near where they farmed; a second son was born in 1844 and their third and final son, Charles Henry (grandfather of Linus Pauling) was born in 1847. Geography According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total ar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |