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Barbara Andrews - ALC, 1970
 Less than two months after
approval by the church convention, and less than a month after the
ordination of Elizabeth Platz, Barbara Louise Andrews became the first
woman ordained into the ministry of The American Lutheran Church. The
service took place on December 20, 1970, at Edina Community Lutheran
Church, Minneapolis. She served Community Lutheran as assistant pastor
until May 1974, before moving to Detroit, Michigan, where she served as
staff chaplain for Lutheran Social Services of Michigan. Tragically,
Pastor Andrews died in a fire in her home on March 31, 1978. At the time
of her death she was serving as interim pastor at Resurrection Lutheran
Church, Detroit.
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