Golgotha Danish Evangelical Lutheran Church

Golgotha Danish Evangelical Lutheran Church was organized on November 25, 1896 as a member of the United Danish Evangelical Lutheran Church to serve Danish residents on Chicago's South Side.

The congregation first met in a small church building at 3521 South Dearborn St., but soon needed larger facilities. In July 1904, a church building at 5933 S. Morgan Street was purchased for $2450. This building served the congregation until January 17, 1929, when a lot at the corner of 80th Street and South Michigan Avenue was purchased. Delayed by the Depression, the building was finally constructed and dedicated on October 10, 1937.

Due to the migration of many of its members, the Golgotha congregation decided to relocate to 86th and Kilpatrick, where lots on the southwest corner were purchased. Golgotha's old building was sold to the Lutheran Mission Board and St. James Lutheran Church, an African-American ULCA mission congregation. Golgotha's new facilities were dedicated on September 7, 1958.

Golgotha dissolved on October 7, 2001.

Sons of the congregation
Robert Olaf Berthelsen

Original records
Original record books should be found at the ELCA Region 5 Archives at Wartburg Seminary in Dubuque, Iowa. The ELCA Archives has congregational histories and other materials relating to Golgotha.

Sources
Golgotha Lutheran Church, The First One-Hundred Years, 1996.