Louis Bauman

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Louis S. Bauman
Minister, evangelist; Grace Brethren pioneer
Born	November 13, 1875 Nora Springs, Iowa
Died	November 8, 1950 (aged 74) Washington, D.C.

Louis Sylvester Bauman (November 13, 1875 – November 8, 1950) was a Brethren minister, writer, and Bible conference speaker, holding influential leadership in the Brethren Church and the "Grace Brethren" movement which evenly divided the denomination in 1939. He served in several pastorates, in particular the First Brethren Church of Long Beach, California where he was pastor for thirty-four years (1913–1947).

Bauman held to traditional Brethren views regarding baptism, communion, and nonresistance, but also held to evangelical convictions regarding missions and dispensationalism, with the latter views becoming foundational beliefs of Grace Brethren.