An examination of the crisis experienced by a small German-American Protestant denomination at the time of the anti-German hysteria that accompanied World War I. It includes a thorough examination of the trials of two pastors for violating the Espionage Act. It then explores the struggle within the denomination on how to cope with the tsunami of anti-Germanism. Originally a paper presented to the American Society of Church History at Grand Rapids, Michigan, on April 9, 2011. Revised with new information November 2024. (88pp. Santos Books, 2025.)