Zion Lutheran Church
2598 North Lyndale
Minneapolis, Hennepin County, Minnesota
2598 North Lyndale
Minneapolis, Hennepin County, Minnesota
Zion Lutheran Church
Minneapolis, Minnesota
Zion Lutheran Church was organized in the year of our Lord, Eighteen Hundred and Eighty-Four. The church was erected at its present site in Nineteen Hundred and Twelve.
Durig these years its pastors have been:
O.P. Vanganes 1884-1887 M.J. Stoles 1920-1921
H. Rosenquist 1887-1890 B.E. Bergeson 1921-1935
J. Halvorson 1890-1902 O.G. Malmin 1935-1939
Chr. Anderson 1902-1916 O.E. Hesla 1939-1952
D. Kvaase 1916-1920 H.M. Knudsvig 1953-
Much progress has been made in Zion since its inception and present membership totals 1549. We pray God's richest blessings on its congregation as they go forward with Christ in the building of his kingdom.
Info from - back of Zion Lutheran Church plate.
Minneapolis, Minnesota
Zion Lutheran Church was organized in the year of our Lord, Eighteen Hundred and Eighty-Four. The church was erected at its present site in Nineteen Hundred and Twelve.
Durig these years its pastors have been:
O.P. Vanganes 1884-1887 M.J. Stoles 1920-1921
H. Rosenquist 1887-1890 B.E. Bergeson 1921-1935
J. Halvorson 1890-1902 O.G. Malmin 1935-1939
Chr. Anderson 1902-1916 O.E. Hesla 1939-1952
D. Kvaase 1916-1920 H.M. Knudsvig 1953-
Much progress has been made in Zion since its inception and present membership totals 1549. We pray God's richest blessings on its congregation as they go forward with Christ in the building of his kingdom.
Info from - back of Zion Lutheran Church plate.
Zion Evangelical Lutheran Church, Minneapolis
This Norwegian Lutheran congregation formed in 1884 as a daughter of Our Savior's Church (24th and Chicago Ave., South), under the leadership of Rev. O.P. Vangnes, and initially held services in the "German church at 3rd St. and 16th Ave. North" and later in a rented hall (WPA report, p. 1). Joining with two other groups (Grove City and Atwater), they build a new church at Sixth Street and Twenty-fourth Avenue, dedicating it on August 14, 1887. In 1910, the growing congregation erected a large church of red brick at 25th Ave. North and Lyndale (2598 N. Lyndale), which was "one of the twelve largest churches" in the Norwegian Lutheran Church of America Synod (WPA report, p.2).
The congregation merged with Bethlehem Evangelical Lutheran in 2002 to become River of Life Church, which was located in the former Bethlehem church at 2200 Fremont Ave. North. The Zion church "Zion building was sold at that time. In 2012, the building was occupied the New Salem Missionary Baptist Church, and in 2021 it was occupied by Iglesia Vino Nuevo MN, a chapter of Ministerio Internacional Vino Nuevo.
A photo of the building is in the Minnesota Historical Society Collections.
Sources
Category: Church Neighborhood: North Side
This Norwegian Lutheran congregation formed in 1884 as a daughter of Our Savior's Church (24th and Chicago Ave., South), under the leadership of Rev. O.P. Vangnes, and initially held services in the "German church at 3rd St. and 16th Ave. North" and later in a rented hall (WPA report, p. 1). Joining with two other groups (Grove City and Atwater), they build a new church at Sixth Street and Twenty-fourth Avenue, dedicating it on August 14, 1887. In 1910, the growing congregation erected a large church of red brick at 25th Ave. North and Lyndale (2598 N. Lyndale), which was "one of the twelve largest churches" in the Norwegian Lutheran Church of America Synod (WPA report, p.2).
The congregation merged with Bethlehem Evangelical Lutheran in 2002 to become River of Life Church, which was located in the former Bethlehem church at 2200 Fremont Ave. North. The Zion church "Zion building was sold at that time. In 2012, the building was occupied the New Salem Missionary Baptist Church, and in 2021 it was occupied by Iglesia Vino Nuevo MN, a chapter of Ministerio Internacional Vino Nuevo.
A photo of the building is in the Minnesota Historical Society Collections.
Sources
- Christ the River of Life Lutheran Church. "History" 2020 https://riveroflifempls.weebly.com/history.html
- "Minneapolis, Minnesota. Zion Lutheran Church." Works Progress Administration Report. n.d. (Minnesota Historical Society)
- Zion Lutheran Church, Twenty-Sixth and Lyndale Ave., North, Minneapolis. Minnesota Historical Society. http://collections.mnhs.org/cms/display.php?irn=10864067
Category: Church Neighborhood: North Side