Pastor A. C. Baughman
First Pastor at Bay Shore Lutheran Church
Pastor Alden Christian Baughman was born in Ohio in 1894. He was married to Grace and eventually had two daughters and a son. After four years as Pastor at Redeemer Lutheran Church in Hartford, Wisconsin he resigned and was installed the position of Field Missionary Pastor in Milwaukee in 1928. He was one of several Field Missionary Pastors the synod had in Wisconsin.
Pastor Baughman would establish or assist establishing the following churches in the Milwaukee area:
Bay Shore Lutheran Church, Whitefish Bay- 1929
St. Peter’s Lutheran Church, Milwaukee-1931
Jackson Park Lutheran Church, Milwaukee- 1932
Nativity Lutheran Church, Wauwatosa- 1933
He also was a supply pastor and established Sunday Schools, Luther League chapters at existing churches and volunteered as the Lutheran Chaplin at the YMCA summer camp one week per summer.
After establishing Nativity Lutheran Church, Pastor Baughman would remain as the church’s permanent Pastor until 1942 when he resigned to be a United States Army chaplain serving at several stateside bases throughout World War II.
After he was discharged, Pastor Baughman served as the Assistant Pastor at Lake Park Lutheran Church until 1947 when he took a position as an assistant professor at Midland College in Fremont, Nebraska.
Pastor Baughman died August 12, 1975, in Topeka, Kansas.
Interesting facts:
-When he was an army chaplain, Pastor Baughman counseled German P.O.W’s who were also Lutheran Pastors that were forced into battle by Adolph Hitler.
-Pastor Baughman was the only Bay Shore pastor that participated in the dedication services for all three church buildings that have housed Bay Shore Lutheran Church.
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