{"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":"<div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_section et_pb_section_0  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et_section_regular et_block_section\" >\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<div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_row et_pb_row_0  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et_block_row\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_column_4_4 et_pb_column et_pb_column_0  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et-last-child et_block_column\">\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<div class=\"et_pb_module et_d4_element et_pb_text et_pb_text_0  et_pb_text_align_left et_pb_bg_layout_light\">\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<div class=\"et_pb_text_inner\"><h1><span style=\"color: #800000\">Lutheran Free Church. 1897-1963.<\/span><\/h1>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\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_d4_element et_pb_row et_pb_row_1  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et_block_row\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_column_2_3 et_pb_column et_pb_column_1  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et_block_column\">\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<div class=\"et_pb_module et_d4_element et_pb_text et_pb_text_1  et_pb_text_align_left et_pb_bg_layout_light\">\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<div class=\"et_pb_text_inner\"><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><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_column_1_3 et_pb_column et_pb_column_2  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et-last-child et_block_column\">\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<div class=\"et_pb_module et_d4_element et_pb_text et_pb_text_2  et_pb_text_align_left et_pb_bg_layout_light\">\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<div class=\"et_pb_text_inner\"><p>\n\t\t<style>\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 id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-0 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;credit&quot;:&quot;Picasa 2.7&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<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\">Georg Sverdrup<\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\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_d4_element et_pb_row et_pb_row_2  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et_block_row\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_column_4_4 et_pb_column et_pb_column_3  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et-last-child et_block_column\">\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<div class=\"et_pb_module et_d4_element et_pb_divider et_pb_divider_0 et_pb_space\"><div class=\"et_pb_divider_internal\"><\/div><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\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>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":859,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","template":"","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"on","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-1701","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/P4QTkz-rr","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/pages.stolaf.edu\/locluth\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1701","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/pages.stolaf.edu\/locluth\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/pages.stolaf.edu\/locluth\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pages.stolaf.edu\/locluth\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/859"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pages.stolaf.edu\/locluth\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1701"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/pages.stolaf.edu\/locluth\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1701\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1819,"href":"https:\/\/pages.stolaf.edu\/locluth\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1701\/revisions\/1819"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/pages.stolaf.edu\/locluth\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1701"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}