English Lutheranism in the Northwest / y George Henry Trabert . lish work, not to speak of Missouri, which has numer-ous English congregations, as also the joint Synod of Ohio. The most active of the Synods that has hitherto beenusing a foreign tongue in promoting the English workis, no doubt, the Augustana, a member of the GeneralCouncil. While not neglecting to push the Swedish workwherever there are new settlements, it is looking to thefuture, and is becoming more and more active in thefounding of English churches. It has (1913) thirty-twoexclusively English congregations with a total membe
English Lutheranism in the Northwest / y George Henry Trabert . lish work, not to speak of Missouri, which has numer-ous English congregations, as also the joint Synod of Ohio. The most active of the Synods that has hitherto beenusing a foreign tongue in promoting the English workis, no doubt, the Augustana, a member of the GeneralCouncil. While not neglecting to push the Swedish workwherever there are new settlements, it is looking to thefuture, and is becoming more and more active in thefounding of English churches. It has (1913) thirty-twoexclusively English congregations with a total membershipof 5274, with church property valued at $55, Ithas congregations in Chicago, Rock Island, Minneapolis,St. Paul, St. Peter, Duluth, Spokane and other north-western cities. In Minnesota and Wisconsin the English work has beenplaced on a solid foundation, and is making an impressionon the several communities. In Minneapolis where it wasinaugurated with such a feeble beginning, there are, afterthirty years, no less than twelve exclusively English con-. Church of the Reformation. St. Paul AFTER THIRTY YEARS 161 gregations, with over twice as many bi-lingual. Of theentirely English congregations, eight belong to the GeneralCouncil. While the number of English congregations inSt. Paul is not as large, the work being done is no lessaggressive and substantial. The finest Lutheran churchbuilding in the Northwest, the Church of the Reforma-tion, was made possible by the uniting of the Memorialand St. James congregations. In Wisconsin, where thebeginnings were equally small, there is a rapid forwardmovement, and year after year new fields are Milwaukee, where the beginning was made in 1889by the Rev. W. K. Frick, and through whose inspirationthe work has been extended, there are now no less thaneleven English Lutheran churches, four of which belong-ing to the General Council. It was the General Councilwork that caused the awakening of the Wisconsin andMissouri Synod
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