Archive Record
Metadata
Title |
First Lutheran Church, Longview, Texas. |
Collection |
Active ELCA Congregations Collection |
Catalog Number |
2014.1.232 |
Object Name |
File, document |
Location |
File 3, Dr 3 Longview |
Date |
1935 - present |
Scope & Content |
This is an active ELCA congregation. NTNL Synod. Dedication of the New Church 1955; :Rejoicing in Hope: The Story of First Lutheran Church..."; Several papers from when First was an LCA congregation; Membershiip directory from 1988; "The Golden Years October 27, 1935 to October 27, 1985; More items may be added; |
Notes |
Missouri Lutheran Synod Pastor Karl Breehne began to organize Lutherans in 1931 but in 1933 was told to go to Tyler. He did come back to Longview a few time to hold services but stopped in 1934. In 1935 the American Lutheran Church started helping. In 1946, Trinity Lutheran Church in Kilgore (Gregg County) voted to disband and sell the Church property in Kilgore and transfer their mmembership to First Lutheran in Longview. Items are added to these files as the archives receives them. |
Language of Material |
English |
Subjects |
Evangelical Lutheran Church in America -- Active Congregations |
Classification |
Active ELCA Congregation |
Search Terms |
First Lutheran Church, Longview, Texas. Active ELCA Congregation NTNL Synod Trinity Lutheran Church in Kilgore (Gregg County), Texas |
People |
Borgwardt, Jeff Braun, Leon Daniel Engel, Ernest H. Erickson, Craig Douglas Fenton, Phillip Ray Gilbertson, Darrel I. Pancoast, James Elliott Schardt, Arthur E. Sieberg, David V. Tegtmeier, Henry A. |