Emaus Lutheran Church of Jefferson Park - Lutheran Churches of Chicago



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		Emaus Lutheran Church of Jefferson Park
		Emaus Lutheran Church was organized in Jefferson Park in 1895, as a member of the Augustana Synod. Receiving the old church building of the Jefferson Park Congregational Church as a gift, a lot was purchased on Argyle Street and the building moved to it. On June 11, 1905, Emaus merged into Irving Park Lutheran Church. Pastors Rev. Rosenquist Rev. J.O. Linnell Rev. Bergquist Dr. A. Edgren Dr. Gottfrid Nelson Original records Original record books for Emaus Lutheran Church should be located at Irving Park Lutheran Church, 3938 W. Belle Plaine, Chicago, IL 60618-1997. Sources Irving Park Lutheran Church, Silver Jubilee in Commenoration of the Twenty-fifth Anniversary, Chicago: Irving Park Lutheran Church, 1929.

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