by Sonja Nelson | Jul 30, 2014
Trinity Lutheran. Minneapolis. Hennepin County. Minnesota. A mixed group of Scandinavians in Minneapolis founded The Evangelical Lutheran Augustana Congregation in 1866; two years later the Norwegians and Danes withdrew to form Trinity Lutheran. At the time most...
by L. DeAne Lagerquist | Jul 28, 2014
Lineages of American Lutheran Church Bodies The institutional organization of American Lutheranism has passed thorough many stages. Norlie’s chart shows the development of the Norwegian-American Lutheran synodical bodies. See the ELCA, Region III archives...
by L. DeAne Lagerquist | Jul 28, 2014
Minneapolis (Hennepin County) Congregations. Norlie provides a map of several Minneapolis congregations. Our attempt to map all Hennepin County congregations highlighted the mismatch between his location data and the demands of contemporary mapping engines for...
by L. DeAne Lagerquist | Jul 28, 2014
Synodical Affiliations of Norwegian-American Congregations in 1900: Goodhue, Rice, and Otter Tail Counties. Norlie provides a map of congregations in Minnesota using symbols to indicate their synodical affiliations. We began hoping to use Norlie’s data to...