Hauge's Synod
(Norw.) (1876-1917)
Bethesda
Ebenezer
Elim
Hauge's
Immanuel
Irving Park
Redeemer
St. Paul's English
Trinity

St. Paul's English Evangelical Lutheran Church
St. Paul's English Evangelical Lutheran Church of Humboldt Park was organized Jan. 8, 1887. Services were held in a German Methodist Episcopal church at Rockwell St. and Wabansia Ave., and later Gamboni's Hall on California Ave. In 1888 two lots were purchased at Hirsch St. and Fairfield Ave, and a church building was constructed. Dedication for the building was held in 1890.

In 1908 the basement of a new building at Hirsch St. and Washtenaw Ave. was constructed. The new facility was dedicated on November 25, 1915.

In 1889 the congregation joined the Swedish Augustana Synod, but left to join the Hauge's Synod in 1902.

In 1919 St. Paul's absorbed St. John's. In 1925 St. Paul's merged with Bethlehem and Our Savior to form United, which in 1928 moved to Oak Park, Ill.

The facility at Hirsch and Washtenaw later was used as St. Fidelis Catholic Church before being demolished in 1968.

Pastors
G.W. Sandt  
G.E. Youngdahl 1888-1889
E.C. Jessup
Dr. R.F. Weidner 1887-1899
A.C. Anda (asst.)
D.L. Reese
F. Jensen  
H.L. McMurray
L. Harrisville 1899-1918
O. Ingvoldstad 1918-1923
O.T. Lovaas 1923
J.M. Green 1923-1926

Original records
Original records from 1887-1926 have been microfilmed and are available from the ELCA Archives on ALC reel #899. The original record books should be located at United Lutheran Church, 409 Greenfield St., Oak Park, IL 60302-1143.

Sources
Historical Souvenir of the Lutheran Women's League, 1903.

Norlie, O.M., ed. Norsk Lutherske Menigheter i Amerika, 1843-1916. Minneapolis: Augsburg Publishing House, 1918.

Miscellaneous pages from a 1958 history of United Lutheran Church, Oak Park, title unknown.
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