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St. Matthew Evangelical Lutheran Church

 

St. Matthew Evangelical Lutheran Church was organized in 1897 as a member of the Norwegian Synod. It merged with Covenant English Lutheran in 1914 to form First English Lutheran of Logan Square.


Pastors

J.R. Birkelund 1897-1898
O.K. Ramberg 1898-1904
J.O. Dreng 1904-1909
Lewis Moe 1910-1914

Congregational records
Original record books should be located at First Lutheran of Logan Square, 3500 W. Fullerton Ave., Chicago, IL 60647. St. Matthew's record books have been microfilmed with membership records from 1898-1913 on ALC reel #444.

Sources
Norlie, O.M., ed. Norsk Lutherske Menigheter i Amerika, 1843-1916. Minneapolis: Augsburg Publishing House, 1918.

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