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Ebenezer Evangelical Lutheran Church
Ebenezer Evangelical Lutheran Church was organized on January
22, 1892 in the Edgewater or Andersonville neighborhood of Chicago as a member of the
Augustana Synod. It is located at 1650 W. Foster in Chicago.Originally known as the Summerdale Church, the congregation made plans in 1894 to build at the southwest corner of Foster and Ashland, but had to sell the lots to pay the church's debts. In Oct. 1895, the congregation decided to build at Berwyn near East Ravenswood. The first services were held on Christmas Day, 1895.
the northeast corner of Winnemac and East Ravenswood. The church building was moved and placed on a brick foundation. The first service at the new location was held Jan. 2, 1898. (Winnemac building pictured at right)
In 1904 the congregation decided to purchase two lots at the northeast corner of Foster and Paulina. The new sanctuary (exterior pictured at top, interior pictured below) was completed in 1908 and the additions were added in 1929.
| Pastors | |
| C.P. Rydholm | May 1893-1893 |
| Ola Strand | June 1895-Aug. 1896 |
| T.O. Linnell | 1897-March 1899 |
| Emanuel Rydberg | 1900-1902 |
| Theodore S. Johnston | June 1903-1915 |
| Elof K. Jonson | Nov. 1915-1944 |
| Theodore E. Matson | Jan. 1, 1945-1955 |
| W. Marvin Chellberg (asst.) | 1954-1957 |
| Roswell V. Peterson | 1956-Oct. 1971 |
| Earl Nelson (asst.) | 1957-1961 |
| Harry V. Victorson | April 1972-1983 |
| Arnold O. Pierson | 1984-1988 |
Original records
Original records should be located at the congregation. Visit Ebenezer's home
page at http://www.ebenezerchurch.org.
Membership records from 1892-1935 and church minutes from 1892-1933 have
been microfilmed on Augustana #A35 and are available from the ELCA Archives and
the Swenson Swedish Immigration
Research Center in Rock Island, Ill. The ELCA Archives also has congregational
histories, various church publications, and other materials.
Sources
Ebenezer Living Stones: One Hundred Years of Mission, Chicago, Ill.:
Ebenezer Lutheran Church, 1992.