by L. DeAne Lagerquist | Jan 16, 2015
Salem Lutheran Landmark Church. Milwaukee. Wisconsin. The Salem Lutheran Landmark Church in Milwaukee, Wisconsin began in 1847 on Christmas Day. The congregation was composed mainly of German settlers from Pennsylvania, and the first church building was completed in...
by L. DeAne Lagerquist | Jan 16, 2015
Lime Creek Church prior to 1927 Bethany Lutheran College 1927 Lime Creek Church Today Lime Creek Evangelical Lutheran Church. Lake Mills, Iowa. Lime Creek Evangelical Lutheran Church is located just South of the Minnesota-Iowa border in Lake Mills, Iowa. Founded in...
by Sonja Nelson | Jul 30, 2014
Holden Lutheran. Kenyon. Goodhue County. Minnesota. Established in 1856 as the earliest Norwegian Synod Church in Goodhue County, Minnesota, Holden Lutheran Church honors its Norwegian heritage. The first members came from a little village called Holden in Telemarken,...
by Sonja Nelson | Jul 30, 2014
St. John’s. Northfield. Rice County. Minnesota. St. John’s Lutheran Church of Northfield, Minnesota was named after St. John the apostle of love. St. John’s has always looked through a lens of love and compassion for all aspects of life; handling changes with...
by Sonja Nelson | Jul 30, 2014
Ten Mile Lake, Swan Lake, Bethel, Our Savior’s. Otter Tail County. Dalton. Minnesota. Norwegian immigration to the United States accelerated following the American Civil War. Land made available by the Homestead Act of 1862 made Minnesota attractive to both...
