{"id":1701,"date":"2014-09-29T15:11:47","date_gmt":"2014-09-29T20:11:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pages.stolaf.edu\/locluth\/?page_id=1701"},"modified":"2014-10-20T14:53:54","modified_gmt":"2014-10-20T19:53:54","slug":"lutheran-free-church","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/pages.stolaf.edu\/locluth\/lutheran-free-church\/","title":{"rendered":"Lutheran Free Church"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[et_pb_section][et_pb_row][et_pb_column type=&#8221;4_4&#8243;][et_pb_text admin_label=&#8221;Text&#8221; background_layout=&#8221;light&#8221; text_orientation=&#8221;left&#8221;]<\/p>\n<h1><span style=\"color: #800000\">Lutheran Free Church. 1897-1963.<\/span><\/h1>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>[\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][et_pb_row][et_pb_column type=&#8221;2_3&#8243;][et_pb_text admin_label=&#8221;Text&#8221; background_layout=&#8221;light&#8221; text_orientation=&#8221;left&#8221;]<\/p>\n<p>The Lutheran Free Church emerged out of controversy in the United Church over the role of Augsburg Seminary and congregational autonomy. Led by Georg Sverdrup, a student of the Johnsonian revival in Norway, the Lutheran Free Church sought to organize a \u2018free church of free congregations in a free land.\u2019 The Lutheran Free Church traced its roots back to the Friends of Augsburg, a group headed by Sverdrup which formed to protect Augsburg College and Seminary from encroachment by the United Church. After legal wrangling involving the Minnesota Supreme Court, the Friends of Augsburg wrote governing documents and broke away \u00a0from the United Church to form the Lutheran Free Church in 1897. The Lutheran Free Church existed as a loose confederation of congregations, emphasizing the right for the congregation to make its own decisions. In 1970, the Lutheran Free Church took part in the merger which formed the American Lutheran Church.<\/p>\n<p>[\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type=&#8221;1_3&#8243;][et_pb_text admin_label=&#8221;Text&#8221; background_layout=&#8221;light&#8221; text_orientation=&#8221;left&#8221;]<\/p>\n\n\t\t<style type=\"text\/css\">\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 {\n\t\t\t\tmargin: auto;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 .gallery-item {\n\t\t\t\tfloat: left;\n\t\t\t\tmargin-top: 10px;\n\t\t\t\ttext-align: center;\n\t\t\t\twidth: 100%;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 img {\n\t\t\t\tborder: 2px solid #cfcfcf;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 .gallery-caption {\n\t\t\t\tmargin-left: 0;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t\/* see gallery_shortcode() in wp-includes\/media.php *\/\n\t\t<\/style>\n\t\t<div data-carousel-extra='{&quot;blog_id&quot;:420,&quot;permalink&quot;:&quot;https:\/\/pages.stolaf.edu\/locluth\/lutheran-free-church\/&quot;}' id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-1701 gallery-columns-1 gallery-size-thumbnail'><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"106\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/pages.stolaf.edu\/locluth\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/420\/2014\/09\/georg-sverdrup1-106x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pages.stolaf.edu\/locluth\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/420\/2014\/09\/georg-sverdrup1-106x150.jpg 106w, https:\/\/pages.stolaf.edu\/locluth\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/420\/2014\/09\/georg-sverdrup1.jpg 149w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 106px) 100vw, 106px\" data-attachment-id=\"1823\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/pages.stolaf.edu\/locluth\/lutheran-free-church\/georg-sverdrup-2\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/pages.stolaf.edu\/locluth\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/420\/2014\/09\/georg-sverdrup1.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"149,210\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;Picasa 2.7&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Georg Sverdrup\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/pages.stolaf.edu\/locluth\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/420\/2014\/09\/georg-sverdrup1.jpg\" \/>\n\t\t\t<\/dt><\/dl><br style=\"clear: both\" \/>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<p style=\"text-align: center\">Georg Sverdrup<\/p>\n<p>[\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][et_pb_row][et_pb_column type=&#8221;4_4&#8243;][et_pb_divider admin_label=&#8221;Divider&#8221; color=&#8221;#9b0101&#8243; show_divider=&#8221;on&#8221; \/][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][\/et_pb_section]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><div class=\"et_pb_section et_pb_section_0 et_section_regular\" >\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"et_pb_row et_pb_row_0 et_pb_row_empty\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div> Lutheran Free Church. 1897-1963. &nbsp; <div class=\"et_pb_row et_pb_row_1 et_pb_row_empty\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div> The Lutheran Free Church emerged out of controversy in the United Church over the role of Augsburg Seminary and congregational autonomy. 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