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In the late 1800s, Norwegian immigrants began flooding into the Red River Valley. As they moved into the Grand Forks area, they brought their Old World folkways and religious practices. On the corner of Third and Walnut, Norwegian Lutherans built a small sanctuary to house their services.

The building mirrored the simple worship of the Hauge Synod, the organization to which this congregation belonged. After merging with two other Norwegian church- es in town, the old Trini Lutheran structure passed into the hands of the Grand Forks Church of God, a congregation that echoed the revival fires of the Second Great Awakening. This is the story of a church building and the two assemblies that utilized it over a 100-year period.

ISBN

978-0692057575

DOI

10.31356/dpb010

Publication Date

1-2018

Geographic Subjects

North Dakota--Grand Forks

Publisher

The Digital Press at the University of North Dakota

City

Grand Forks, ND

Keywords

Immigrants--Cultural assimilation; Church history; Lutherans, Norwegian; Norwegian Americans

Disciplines

History of Religions of Western Origin

Personal Subjects

Price, Christopher Neal, 1975-

Corporate Subjects

Grand Forks Church of God (Grand Forks, N.D.); Trinity Lutheran Church (Grand Forks)

The Old Church on Walnut Street

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