{"id":902,"date":"2014-07-28T11:31:35","date_gmt":"2014-07-28T16:31:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pages.stolaf.edu\/locluth\/?page_id=902"},"modified":"2014-07-31T16:14:20","modified_gmt":"2014-07-31T21:14:20","slug":"congregational-history-2","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/pages.stolaf.edu\/locluth\/congregational-history-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Congregational History"},"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\"><h2><span style=\"color: #800000\">Congregational History<\/span><\/h2><\/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_1_4 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_image et_pb_image_0\">\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<span class=\"et_pb_image_wrap \"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/pages.stolaf.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/420\/2014\/07\/Ten-Mile.-history-cover.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"\" \/><\/span>\n\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"et_pb_module et_d4_element et_pb_image et_pb_image_1\">\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<span class=\"et_pb_image_wrap \"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/pages.stolaf.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/420\/2014\/07\/Christiania.-150-history.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"\" \/><\/span>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_column_1_2 et_pb_column et_pb_column_2  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>A fundamental principle of the Lutheran Free Church (1897-1963) was the conviction that <i>\u2018free and living congregations\u2019 are the \u2018right form of the Kingdom of God on earth.\u201d<\/i> \u00a0Other Lutherans have granted greater authority to regional and national church bodies. \u00a0<strong>This project\u2019s focus on congregations is informed more by historical method than by theology.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>R. Stephen Warner\u2019s <i>New Wine in Old Wineskins: Evangelicals and Liberals in a Small-Town Church <\/i>(1990) demonstrated well that <strong>close attention to local congregations provides valuable insights about their larger communities and cultural context.<\/strong> \u00a0Since then other scholars in congregational studies have produced useful historical cases, for example <i>American Congregations: Portraits of Twelve Religious Communities <\/i>(1998) edited by James W. Lewis and James P. Wind.<\/p>\n<p>The congregations featured in this project were chosen, in part, for their potential to illustrate characteristics of Norwegian-American Lutheran groups. \u00a0Of course four, brief examples cannot do this completely. \u00a0More cases would need to be treated more fully to present the richness and internal variety of this stream of American Lutheranism.<\/p>\n<p>In addition to general studies, we have relied upon congregational histories prepared for landmark anniversaries. The audience for such works is usually members -- past and present -- of the congregation. <strong>\u00a0These present a wealth of local information in words and images; \u00a0the most\u00a0successful\u00a0examples place that story in a larger context.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The resources available to a congregational historian are vastly expanded by judicious use of digital materials. \u00a0In addition we recommend James P. Wind\u2019s <i>Places of Worship: Exploring Their History<\/i> (2013) and the ELCA, Region III archive\u2019s guide to congregational archives and history,\u00a0<span style=\"color: #800000\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.luthersem.edu\/archives\/memorywork.aspx?m=1042\"><span style=\"color: #800000\"><b><i>Memory Work<\/i><\/b><\/span><\/a><\/span>.<\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_column_1_4 et_pb_column et_pb_column_3  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et-last-child et_block_column et_pb_column_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>\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_4  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":308,"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-902","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/P4QTkz-ey","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/pages.stolaf.edu\/locluth\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/902","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\/308"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pages.stolaf.edu\/locluth\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=902"}],"version-history":[{"count":19,"href":"https:\/\/pages.stolaf.edu\/locluth\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/902\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1626,"href":"https:\/\/pages.stolaf.edu\/locluth\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/902\/revisions\/1626"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/pages.stolaf.edu\/locluth\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=902"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}