Centennial celebration of Arendahl Lutheran Church, near Peterson, Minn., 1956.
Founded in 1856 by Pastor Arne Boyum, later president of Hauge's Synod, Arendahl celebrated its centennial in 1956 with Evangelical Lutheran Church president Fredrik Schiotz, along with members and pastors, past and present.
St. John Lutheran Church, Ringsted, Iowa, ca. 1890.
St. John's first building after the split of the original St. Ansgar's congregation was constructed in 1890.
St. John Lutheran Church, Ringsted, Iowa,
ca. 1900.
St. John's 1890 building,
pictured here after remodeling, was hit by lightning and burned in 1968.
Fredsville Danish Ev. Lutheran Church,
Fredsville, Iowa, ca. 1900.
Organized in 1871 near Cedar
Falls, Iowa, this congregation was a member of the Danish Evangelical
Lutheran Church. The building pictured above, the congregation's second,
was built in 1885. A new building was constructed in 1960-61. The 1885
building was torn down in 1961. The congregation now has 654 members.
Danebod Lutheran Church dedication, Tyler, Minn., June 16, 1895.
Delegates at the 1884 convention of the Danish Evangelical Lutheran Church
sought to find land to unite scattered Danes into one community. The
Danebod congregation was organized in 1886, while the Danebod Folk School
was opened in 1888. Danebod, meaning the "one who saves the
Danes," eventually became the largest congregation in the DELC.
Family walking near St. John's Ev. Lutheran Church, Ringsted, Iowa, ca. 1900.
St. John's, once a member of the Danish Evangelical Lutheran Church, was formed in 1897 from a split of the original St. Ansgar congregation, organized in 1882.
Berea Lutheran Church dedication, Chappell, Neb., 1922.
Founded in 1887, this Augustana Synod congregation constructed its first building, built of sod, in 1884. A second building was constructed in 1888. The third, pictured above, in 1922.
Interior of Berea Lutheran Church,
Chappell, Neb., 1922.
