As a continuation of our film, Detroit: The City of Faith, we visited Historic Trinity Lutheran Church this Sunday for the 506th anniversary of the Reformation. Pastor Darryl Andrzejewski explained that the Reformation was a movement started by Martin Luther to reform the teachings of the Catholic church. German priest Martin Luther nailed his 95 Theses on the door of the All Saints' Church in Wittenberg, Germany, which disputed the sale of indulgences from the church, debating the exchange of money to the church in order to have your sins forgiven.

As a result of this opposition, Luther had to flee and went into hiding for a great deal of time. However, while Luther was in hiding, he was able to translate the Hebrew Old Testament, the Greek New Testament, into German, the language of the people, so that everyone could read the word of God. This was at the same time the Gutenberg printing press was invented, which launched a revolution of getting God's word into the hands of the people and no longer having to rely on what somebody else says. This was the birth of what we know today as the Lutheran faith.

To celebrate this day, Historic Trinity hangs the flags of the life of Luther and dedicates the service to the Reformation.