Danish Evangelical Lutheran Church Association in America | |
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Det Danske Evangeliske Lutherske Kirkesamfund i Amerika | |
Abbreviation | Blair Church, Danish Association |
Classification | Lutheran |
Region | United States |
Headquarters | Blair, Nebraska |
Origin | 1884 Argo, Nebraska |
Separated from | Conference of the Norwegian-Danish Evangelical Lutheran Church of America |
Merged into | United Evangelical Lutheran Church (1896) |
Ministers | 16 [1] |
Missionaries | 1 [1] |
Danish Evangelical Lutheran Church Association in America (often known as the Blair Church) was a Lutheran church body that existed in the United States from 1884 to 1896, when it merged into the United Danish Evangelical Lutheran Church. [2]
The Danish Evangelical Lutheran Church Association in America, or simply the Blair Church or the Danish Association, was founded in 1884 when a group of Danish congregations left the Conference of the Norwegian-Danish Evangelical Lutheran Church of America. [1] The Danish Association was founded at a meeting in Argo, Nebraska, and moved to nearby Blair, Nebraska after its founding. [3]
The Danish Association created Trinity Seminary on October 21, 1886 in Blair, Nebraska, with Anton Marius Andersen as the first president. [1] [4]
In 1896, the Danish Association merged with the Danish Evangelical Lutheran Church in North America to form the United Danish Evangelical Lutheran Church. [4]
Danish Evangelical Lutheran Church Association in America | |
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Det Danske Evangeliske Lutherske Kirkesamfund i Amerika | |
Abbreviation | Blair Church, Danish Association |
Classification | Lutheran |
Region | United States |
Headquarters | Blair, Nebraska |
Origin | 1884 Argo, Nebraska |
Separated from | Conference of the Norwegian-Danish Evangelical Lutheran Church of America |
Merged into | United Evangelical Lutheran Church (1896) |
Ministers | 16 [1] |
Missionaries | 1 [1] |
Danish Evangelical Lutheran Church Association in America (often known as the Blair Church) was a Lutheran church body that existed in the United States from 1884 to 1896, when it merged into the United Danish Evangelical Lutheran Church. [2]
The Danish Evangelical Lutheran Church Association in America, or simply the Blair Church or the Danish Association, was founded in 1884 when a group of Danish congregations left the Conference of the Norwegian-Danish Evangelical Lutheran Church of America. [1] The Danish Association was founded at a meeting in Argo, Nebraska, and moved to nearby Blair, Nebraska after its founding. [3]
The Danish Association created Trinity Seminary on October 21, 1886 in Blair, Nebraska, with Anton Marius Andersen as the first president. [1] [4]
In 1896, the Danish Association merged with the Danish Evangelical Lutheran Church in North America to form the United Danish Evangelical Lutheran Church. [4]