Albert Swanson (center) attending a forum on education at the Minnesota Synod Convention. The image was published in Minnesota Synod Lutheran, Summer 1969, p. .10.
Members of the Examining Committee of the Minnesota Synod and Red River Valley Synod. For identification of individuals, please see "On the Way," March 1963.
Shown in this image is Dr. Harold T. Rasmussen during his attendance at the Minnesota Synod Convention of 1968. See "Minnesota Synod Lutheran," July-Aug. 1968, p. 5 for additional information.
"Dr. Eric Norelius, one of the founders of the Augustana Synod, was the first Lutheran Home Missionary in Montana. He visited Montana in 1882, seven years before it became a state. The first church was organized in Helena, the state capitol, in...
"The Women’s Missionary Society of our Synod has made and is making great contributions to the home mission work of our Synod, both financially and spiritually. In 1929 the Society gave $5,000 to the Synodical Home Missions, in 1930 $5,000, in...
"St. John’s Lutheran Church in Helena is our oldest congregation in Montana. It was organized in 1895. At the Synod in 1894 the Board of Missions reported that it had been trying for three years to get a pastor to go to Montana, but every call...
"Many of the new members gained on the home mission fields are gained through confirmation. Very few are received from other Lutheran churches. The synodical mission districts show a higher rate of gain in membership than any other part of the...
"In Missoula the Augustana Synod has had a congregation since 1898, but on account of the scarcity of pastors in the synod, the church in Missoula has been vacant forty per cent of the time since it was organized. At present the congregation has...
"Home Mission work is a guarantee of the survival of the church of Christ. The Home Mission Districts show a gain in membership of 24% since 1922. The gain for the Augustana Synod as a whole during the same period was 9 ½%. In the face of this...
Portrait of Joseph J. Martin from the September 1965 issue of Minnesota Synod Lutheran. At the time, Martin was a newly ordained pastor serving as an assistant at Bethlehem Lutheran Church in Minneapolis, Minnesota.
Shown in this image are Dr. Carl Segerhammar Dr. Melvin Hammarberg, Rt Rec. Msgr. David A. Dillon, Dr. George Lundquist, and Dr. Clemens Zeidler. See the "Minnesota Synod Lutheran," July - Aug. 1968, p. 5 for additional information.
Shown in this image are recently retired Pastors including Rev. George McCreary, Rev. Roy Kindgren, Dr. Leonard Kendall, Rev. H. Gottfred Berg, and Rev. J. E. Bergquist (Retired in 1965-66). See "Minnesota Synod Lutheran," Summer, 1966 p. 10 for...
Shown in this image are Rev. Robert P. Engwall, Dr. Melvin Hammarberg, Ruth Tubbesing, Dr. Raymond Hedberg, and Hattie Olson. See "Minnesota Synod Lutheran," Summer, 1966, p. 3 for additional information.
Shown in this image are representatives of Northwestern Lutheran Theological Seminary. The men were Clemens Zeidler, A.W. Arthur, and C. Ward Nerothin (?). See "Minnesota Synod Lutheran," Summer, 1966" for additional information.
Shown in this image are the assistants to the President Rev. Thomas Wersell, Rev. Carl Manfred, and Rev. David Gerberding. See "Minnesota Synod Lutheran," Summer, 1966, p. 3 for additional information.
Shown in this image are people running the registration desk at the 1966 convention. Mrs. Milton Brostrom is answering the phone. See "Minnesota Synod Lutheran," Summer, 1966, p. 9 for additional information.
"Montana is the third largest state in the union, being exceeded in area only by Texas and California. In Montana the Augustana Synod has six churches, Anaconda, Butte, Barber, Great Falls, Helena, and Missoula. These are organized as the Montana...
"Because of the scarcity of ministers in the Augustana Synod in the past our churches in Montana have often had great difficulty in securing pastors. At times they have been only two or three pastors to care for these widely scattered...