In the early 1950s, the Michigan District of the Lutheran Church-Missouri Synod (LCMS) established three churches in the young city of Livonia. They were named: Faith, Holy Trinity and All Saints. Conflict arose in the mid-1970s and a schism within the LCMS caused ripple effects that reached to the congregations in our area. The result was that, in 1976, all three congregations voted to leave the LCMS and join the newly formed Association of Evangelic Lutheran Churches. That decision left Livonia without an LCMS church.

A group of members from Faith and Holy Trinity were deeply saddened by the decision to leave the LCMS as they believed that the teachings of the Missouri Synod remained a faithful interpretation of God's Word. Motivated by a desire to re-establish an LCMS presence in Livonia and maintain the strong doctrinal and evangelical stance of that church body, they met together and prayed, asking God for guidance. They met on November 28 under the leadership of Rev. Ralph Schmidt, the pastor of St. Paul's in Northville. That evening a new congregation was born.

This group of 65 dedicated Lutheran families gathered at Harry J. Will Funeral Home on 6 Mile Rd. for a service on December 12 with the desire to take the Gospel of Jesus into the Livonia community through a congregation of the LCMS. On February 6, 1977, they signed a charter and the congregation of 108 communicant members came together under the name of Christ Our Savior.