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 Encyclopedia: Norwegian Evangelical Lutheran Church
Through a series of mergers it became part of the Norwegian Lutheran Church of America (NLCA) in 1917, (later called the Evangelical Lutheran Church), the American Lutheran Church in 1960 and is now part of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America, or the ELCA.
The Evangelical Lutheran Church or ELC was formed in 1917 as the Norwegian Lutheran Church of America or NLCA The NLCA was formed by merger of the Hauge Synod (est.
Lutheran Church in the maintenance of Luthergiri seminary in Rajahmundry.
www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Norwegian-Evangelical-Lutheran-Church   (532 words)

  
 Wisconsin Agriculture & Rural Life: Rural Sociology - Religion / Steenbock Memorial Library, University of ...   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
Westby, Wis. : Coon Prairie and Vang Lutheran Congregations, 1922-.
Fountain Norwegian Evangelical Lutheran Church (Fountain, Wis.) Constitution of the Fountain Norwegian Evangelical Lutheran Church of Juneau County, Wisconsin.
Zion Evangelical Lutheran Church, Glenbeulah, Wisconsin : 1892-1937.
steenbock.library.wisc.edu /subjectguide/wisagbib/ruralsocreligion.htm   (8060 words)

  
 Lime Creek Evangelical Lutheran Church
The Lime Creek Evangelical Lutheran Church, which has often been referred to as the “Mother Church” of our dear Evangelical Lutheran Synod by many pastors and laymen, is located six miles north of Lake Mills or three miles southwest of Emmons, Minnesota, in Norway Township.
Clausen, was ordained by the German Lutheran Pastor L. Krause of the Buffalo Synod on October 18, 1843.
The dimensions of the church were to be 36x60x22; the tower to be 12x14 and the height of the steeple to be 92 feet from the ground.
www.wctatel.net /web/scarvillelutheran/limecreek.htm   (1218 words)

  
 The Evangelical Lutheran Church   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
Lutheran women from Amman and the ELCJHL churches in Palestine worked hard together to develop ways to enhance the role of women and their leadership in the church.
We, the Heads of Churches in Jerusalem, are greatly distressed at the increasing bloodshed and violence in Gaza by both sides of the dispute.
Lutheran Church of the Reformation in Beit Jala was filled to overflowing on April 4, Palm Sunday 2004.
www.holyland-lutherans.org /news.htm   (11376 words)

  
 LPL Mss 16 Register in HTML
These church records were filmed by the American Lutheran Church (ALC) in approximately 1982 and are also available through interlibrary loan from the State Historical Society of Wisconsin Archives Division.
It was the first Norwegian church to be built in western Wisconsin and the first of any kind to be built in Vernon County.
Following the school minutes are miscellaneous documents of the church, such as certificate of organization, 1854; letters of call to pastors, 1853 and 1872; a description of Coon Prairie parish by A. Preus, 1872; and incorporation of the congregation in 1892.
www.lacrosselibrary.org /mss/mss016.html   (924 words)

  
 Education at Trinity Evangelical Lutheran Church   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
We are part of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America and members of the Lutheran World Federation.
Trinity traces its roots to the Norwegian Lutheran Ladies Aid Society which was formed in 1901 to provide Lutheran fellowship for women in Santa Barbara.
By 1923 a larger church was built with seating for 275 and a full basement for Sunday School and fellowship.
www.telcsb.org /htm/ed.html   (594 words)

  
 History
The Stony Brook Norwegian Evangelical Lutheran Church was organized on January 19, 1905.
The Stony Brook Norwegian Evangelical Lutheran Church merged with United Lutheran Church of Wendell in 1922.
A new name was selected at that time, Trinity Lutheran Church, and the new pastor was Rev. Herman Lunde, who served from 1922 - 1927.
trinitylutheranchurchwendellmn.org /history.htm   (242 words)

  
 Furnas County Cemetery - Norwegian-Lutheran   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
Trustees of the Lutheran Church, Andrew E. And Petrena Phillipson, deeded the land to the Deer Creek Norwegian Evangelical Lutheran Church on 2 Dec 1910.
It is not certain when the land for a cemetery was donated, but it must have been soon after 1878 because the cemetery was mentioned in 1883.
There is an Historical Marker at the church.
hometown.aol.com /tantemoi/Home/Norw.htm   (304 words)

  
 History - About Luther - Luther College   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
After discussions extending over several years, the Norwegian Evangelical Lutheran Church in America decided on October 10, 1857, to found a college and began to gather subscriptions for a building fund.
The Norwegian professorship was filled in 1859, when Rev. Laur.
At its meeting in June 1861, the church decided to proceed at once to establish its own college.
www.luther.edu /about/history.html   (540 words)

  
 TRINITY LUTHERAN CHURCH (ST. PAUL, MINN.): An Inventory of Its Parish Records at the Minnesota Historical Society
Trinity Lutheran Church had its beginnings in the 1854 formation of the Scandinavian Evangelical Lutheran Congregation of St. Paul.
The Norwegian settlers were, however, always a small minority in that largely Swedish congregation, which was always served by Swedish clergy.
As a result, an agreement was reached in 1870 whereby the 31 Norwegian members would form their own congregation, which was allowed to meet in the church building on alternate Sundays for a period of five years.
www.mnhs.org /library/findaids/00532.html   (545 words)

  
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The Montpelier Norwegian Evangelical Lutheran Church was organized in 1905.
The Montpelier Norwegian Evangelical Lutheran Church was organized on May 28, 1905, in a granary on the O.A. Brunsvold farm located two miles east of Montpelier.
The Montpelier church is a family in mission to each other, to the community and to the world.
www.times-online.com /articles/2005/05/16/news/04church.txt   (409 words)

  
 Trinity Lutheran Church History
The UDELC was organized at Minneapolis on October 1, 1896 from the merger of the Danish Association of 1884 and the Danish North Church of 1894.
Trinity Lutheran Church had a new look and more space to carry on the work of God’s Kingdom through the last half of the 20th and in to the 21st century.
The American Lutheran Church brought together the UELC of 1896, the ALC of 1930 and the ELC of 1917.
www.geocities.com /brorsontrinity/historytext.html   (3607 words)

  
 The history of First Lutheran Church, ND
A church was built on the corner of Roberts Street and Fourth Avenue North in 1895 for $14,000.
In 1903, St. Paul's Evangelical Lutheran Church was organized at Charlie Nanim's home on 8th Street North in Fargo with 23 adult members.
The first service in the new church was held in the basement on Christmas Day, 1919, with the first service in the sanctuary one year later.
www.flcfargo.org /history.htm   (541 words)

  
 About Zion Lutheran   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
Zion Lutheran Church was founded in the early 1900's by a group of Norwegian immigrants who had settled in the area.
The congregation was committed to retaining memories of the beloved old church building, and one of the ways that was accomplished was the incorporation of the stained glass windows from the old church into the wall above the rear of the sanctuary.
Of course, the heart of the church is always people, and Zion has been blessed with active, committed members and clergy for years.
www.frontiernet.net /~zionluth/about.htm   (239 words)

  
 History Of The ELS - Good Shepherd Evangelical Lutheran Church   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
Prior to 1958 the Evangelical Lutheran Synod (ELS) was known as the "Norwegian Synod," because the synod's founders had come to America from Norway.
When a large majority in that church body merged with two other Norwegian - American Lutheran church bodies in 1917, a minority of pastors and congregations chose to withdraw.
Changing the name to the "Evangelical Lutheran Synod" in 1958 did not separate it from its past or heritage.
www.goodshepherdels.org /history.htm   (498 words)

  
 History of Curtiss Evangelical Norwegian Lutheran Church 1885   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
The early settlers - the Norwegian pioneers - who had begun to arrive in the Curtiss area around 1872 and 1873 were poor in worldly goods and few in number.
The erection of the church building could not be immediately accomplished, so arrangements were made to have regular services in several schools in the area.
On November 24, 1926, a special meeting was held in the church for the purpose of incorporating the church.
wvls.lib.wi.us /ClarkCounty/hoard/churches/EvangelicalNorwegianHistory.htm   (1494 words)

  
 Lutherans Online   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
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 (Churches in Creston)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
Later, however, the church closed and students at Creston High School used the structure as a gymnasium until a fire on January 13, 1937 destroyed it.
The Norwegian Evangelical Lutheran Church can be distinguished from St. John's by the historical use of the Norwegian language for church services.
Until a church building was constructed, services were held in the Booster Hall.
www.rochelle.net /~cdlibrar/Churches.html   (210 words)

  
 Evangelical Lutheran Church in America, Region 2 Archives   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
Description: The Evangelical Lutheran Church in America was formally created in 1988 from the three church bodies known as the American Lutheran Church, the Lutheran Church in America, and the Association of Evangelical Lutheran Churches.
Several congregations of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America are located in Los Angeles, and the Southern California (West) Synod of Region 2 of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America is headquartered in the Los Angeles area.
As a result, the Region 2 Archives contain photographs held by these former church bodies, a fairly complete collection of minutes for their conventions and meetings, and a variety of items related to the religious history of the groups that formed these bodies.
www.usc.edu /isd/archives/arc/lasubject/records/id63.html   (479 words)

  
 Emmaus Norwegian Evangelical Lutheran Church - Lutheran Churches of Chicago - ELCA Archives
Emmaus Norwegian Evangelical Lutheran Congregation (or Emmaus Norsk Evangelisk Lutherske menighet) was organized on February 23, 1892 and was a member of the United Norwegian Lutheran Church.
In 1911 Emmaus merged into Bethlehem Lutheran, which constructed a new building at Springfield and Iowa in 1912.
Emmaus' original record books should be located at United Lutheran Church, 409 Greenfield St., Oak Park, IL 60302-1143.
www.elca.org /archives/chicagochurches/emmausunlc.html   (137 words)

  
 St. Pauli Lutheran Church: 1895-1995   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
St. Pauli Church was organized in 1895 as a congregation of the Norwegian Evangelical Lutheran Church.
Land for the cemetery, which is some distance from our church, was given before the church was built, with the idea that the church would be built on the same property.
However, when it came time to build the church, it was decided that the church would be more accessible it if were built on a section corner rather than in the middle of a section.
userwww.service.emory.edu /~marisa/sp.memories.html   (1023 words)

  
 St. Pauli Lutheran Church: 1895-1995   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
The constitution of the Norwegian Evangelical Lutheran Church was read and adopted.
St. Pauli was chosen as the name for the new congregation which was to be served by Reverend I. Aastad, pastor of what is now Trinity Lutheran Church in Thief River Falls.
The interior of the church was remodeled in 1954 and again in 1978.
userwww.service.emory.edu /~marisa/sp.history.html   (744 words)

  
 Norwegian Evangelical Lutheran Cemetery   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
There is not a church next to the cemetery, nor does the cemetery have any sort of identification sign.
Norwegian Lutheran - Services were held at an early day...
In the "Compendium of History and Biography of Carver and Hennepin Counties, Minnesota" [1915] edited by Maj. R.I. Holcombe and William H. Bingham, t hey wrote: "A Norwegian Lutheran congregation was organized in what is now the southwestern part of the township...
www.pressenter.com /~gregboe/Dahlgren_township29.htm   (560 words)

  
 WCHRC Guide - N-O
Parish registers and church record book of the church, which was located in Rosehill Township, Cottonwood County, MN.
Discusses early rural schools, her teaching experiences near Glenwood, MN from 1916-1960, the role of the principal, Norwegian ethnicity, religion, and school consolidation.
Collection contains the records of the following churches in Swift County, MN that were predecessor churches of Our Redeemer's Lutheran Church in Benson, MN.
www.mrs.umn.edu /academic/history/wchrc/wchrcno.html   (890 words)

  
 Bethesda Norwegian Evangelical Lutheran Church - Lutheran Churches of Chicago - ELCA Archives   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
Bethesda Norwegian Evangelical Lutheran Church - Lutheran Churches of Chicago - ELCA Archives
Bethesda Norwegian Evangelical Lutheran Church (or Bethesda norsk evagelisk lutherske menighet) was organized on March 10, 1900, as a member of the Hauge's Synod.
It met in a Bohemian church at 23rd St. and Sawyer Ave., before dissolving some time prior to 1916.
www.elca.org /archives/chicagochurches/bethesdahauge.html   (84 words)

  
 Norwegian Evangelical Lutheran Church - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
A big 'Thank you!' to everyone who donated in this fundraiser!
 This article relating to Lutheranism is a stub.
This page was last modified 10:33, 9 January 2006.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Norwegian_Evangelical_Lutheran_Church   (195 words)

  
 Emanuel Evangelical Lutheran Church   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
Those talents are used throughout the community and in the Church.
Emanuel, established in 1874 by Norwegian and Swedish immigrants, is a congregation of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA).
We believe in the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit and the sanctity of the Word and Sacraments according to the Lutheran tradition.
emanuel-lutheran.com   (452 words)

  
 Bethlehem Lutheran Church (AFLC)- Home
Bethlehem Evangelical Lutheran Church has been a part of the Morris, Illinois community since 1880.
If you are looking for a church home, have just moved into the area or are just passing through our town why not stop in on a Sunday and join us.
Most of the articles located in Church history section are taken from newspaper articles.
www.blc-morris-il.org   (945 words)

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