It all started in 1929……
Bay Shore Lutheran Church got its start thanks to an observant Pastor named the Rev. John Fedders. As the Pastor at Lake Park Lutheran Church, he noticed a steady population growth in what was then called the Shorewood-Whitefish Bay District.
Pastor Fedders contacted the Field Missionary Board of the United Lutheran Synod and on June 15, 1929, Field Missionary Pastor E.A. Baugham arrived to do a survey of the Shorewood- Whitefish Bay District. In July 1929 the Missionary Board, based on Pastor Baugham’s field study, approved a mission church to be started in Whitefish Bay.
Pastor Fedders contacted the Field Missionary Board of the United Lutheran Synod and on June 15, 1929, Field Missionary Pastor E.A. Baugham arrived to do a survey of the Shorewood- Whitefish Bay District. In July 1929 the Missionary Board, based on Pastor Baugham’s field study, approved a mission church to be started in Whitefish Bay.
Interesting facts:
-Lake Park Lutheran Church started as a mission church from Redeemer Lutheran Church.
-Pastor Baugham founded three churches in the Milwaukee area as a missionary pastor- Jackson Park Lutheran, Bay Shore Lutheran and Nativity Lutheran.
-Pastor Fedders was involved with Goodwill Industries in Milwaukee shortly after it was founded and when it was operated out of Summerfield Methodist Church.
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