United Lutheran Church in America
(1918-1962)
Belmont Park
Christ the Mediator
Christ the Shepherd
Dr. Martin Luther
Edgebrook
Gladstone Park
Holy Communion
Martin Luther
Mont Claire (Good Shepherd)
North Austin
Norwood Park
Our Saviour's
Peace
Ridge
St. Andrew's English
St. James
St. John's
St. Mark's
St. Peter & St. Paul
Trinity Slovak

Belmont Park Evangelical Lutheran Church

  Belmont Park Lutheran Church
Belmont Park Evangelical Lutheran Church was organized in 1918 as a member of the United Lutheran Church in America (ULCA). It was located at N. Wellington & LaVergne Aves.

Using a temporary worship space on Belmont Avenue near Cicero from 1914, Belmont Park Lutheran acquired land at N. Wellington & LaVergne.

From 1917 to 1922 Belmont Park used a portable chapel building on that site. The brick building (pictured at left) was built in 1922. The portable chapel was sold to St. Mark's Lutheran Church (1922, ULCA).

Later a new building was constructed.

In 1966 Belmont Park consolidated with First Gethsemane to form Holy Communion Lutheran Church at 3010 N. LaVergne Ave.

In 1998 Holy Communion merged with Gladstone Park (1936, ULCA), Medill Avenue (1927, NLCA), Nebo (1901, Augustana), Our Lord's American (1934, ALC), Our Saviour's English (1909, United Norwegian), Peace (1923, ULCA), and St. Andrew (1924, ULCA).  to form United in Faith Lutheran Church.

Pastors
W.J. Boatman June 1, 1918-Oct. 15, 1919
Eilert C. Nielson May 1, 1920-April 30, 1922
W.D. Ziegler Sept. 1, 1922-1940
Walter E. Koepf 1940-1943

Original records
Original record books for Belmont Park Lutheran Church should be located at United in Faith Lutheran Church at 5447 W. Addison St., Chicago, IL 60641-3292. The ELCA Archives has congregation histories and other material relating to Belmont Park.


Sources
Belmont Park Ev. Lutheran Church Expansion Program pamphlet, n.d.

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