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CHAPTER XV.CHURCHES AND RELIGION. (CONT'D)From History of Audubon Co., Iowa (1915)
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EBENEZER DANISH EVANGELICAL LUTHERAN CHURCH.In 1896 a church edifice, twenty-six by forty feet in size, was erected, at a cost of one thousand five hundred dollars. In 1908 the growth of the congregation compelled the providing of more room and an addition and improvements were made at a cost of two thousand dollars, the present church being twenty-six by fifty-two feet in size. In 1904 a fine parsonage was built adjoining the church, at a cost of two thousand five hundred dollars. Rev. A. C. Weismann was the first pastor, continuing until about 1905, when Rev. G. B. Christiansen became pastor and remained with the church, giving excellent service. Reverend Christiansen is president of the Danish Evangelical church in America, his work occasionally calling him to the Atlantic or Pacific coast. A good Sunday school, with a membership of about forty, is maintained, also a Young People's Society. The present membership of the church is thirty-two families and over one hundred and fifty members. |
