Concordia College - Corona Borealis Yearbook (Edmonton, Alberta Canada)

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1897 1903 1904 1906 1909 1911 1911 1911 1913 1913 1914 1914 1917 1921 1921 1922 1924 1925 1930 1939 1952 1959 1960 1962 1967 German Evangelical Lutheran Synod of Manitoba and the Northwest Territories organized. Name changed in 1907 to Evangelical Lutheran Synod of Manitoba and other Provinces and later to Evangelical Lutheran Synod of Western Canada. Nova Scotia Synod organized. Danish Lutheran work in Canada begun, by Rev. J.G. Gundeson, at Dickeson, Alberta. Canada Conference of Ohio Synod organized. (Became Canada District in 1909. ) Evangelical Lutheran Synod of Central Canada organized. Camrose Lutheran College, Camrose, Alberta opened. Outlook College founded at Outlook, Saskatchewan. Waterloo Lutheran Seminary founded at Waterloo, Ontario. Luther Academy opened at Melville, Saskatchewan (moved to Regina in 1925 as Luther College ). Lutheran College and Seminary organized at Edmonton (moved to Saskatoon in 1915). First graduate of a seminary in Canada (Dr. Nils Willison). Waterloo College School founded. Canada District of the Norwegian Lutheran Church formed (later called the Evangelical Lutheran Church of Canada). Concordia College, Edmonton, opened on Reformation Day. Alberta-British Columbia District of the Lutheran Church-Missouri Synod organized, at Calgary, Alberta. Manitoba-Saskatchewan District of the Lutheran Church-Missouri Synod organized, at McNutt, Saskatchewan. Waterloo College founded. (Became Waterloo Luth. University in 1961. ) Merger of Synod of Central Canada with the Evangelical Lutheran Synod of Canada. Because of the merger of the Ohio, Buffalo, and Iowa Synods, the Canada District of the Ohio Synod becomes the Canada District of the American Lutheran Church. Luther Theological Seminary opened at Saskatoon, Saskatchewan. Canadian Lutheran Council established. Lutheran Church-Canada organized, a federation of synodical districts of the Lutheran Church-Missouri Synod in Canada. Merger of American Lutheran Church, Evangelical Lutheran Church, United Evangelical Lutheran Church and later the Lutheran Free Church, resulting in the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Canada. Merger of United Lutheran Church in America with the Augustana Lutheran Church brings into being the following new synods: Eastern Canada Synod, Central Canada Synod, and the Western Canada Synod, all comprising the Lutheran Church in America-Canada Section. The Lutheran Council in Canada, agency for the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Canada (American Lutheran Church), the Lutheran Church in America-Canada Section, and the Lutheran Church-Canada (Missouri Synod) comes into being.

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1619 1749 1772 1783 1853 1854 1861 1868 1872 1875 1876 1879 1879 1888 1889 1891 1892 1892 1893 1893 1894 1894 HIGHLIGHTS OF LUTHERAN HISTORY IN CANADA 20 First Lutheran pastor arrives in Canada and conducts first services here. (Rev. Rasmus Jensen accompanying Jens Munck expedition to Churchill, Manitoba. ) Arrival of German Lutherans in Halifax. Zion Lutheran Church at Lunenburg, Nova Scotia dedicated. Zion is the oldest continuing Lutheran congregation in Canada. First Lutheran congregations organized in Upper Canada, near Kingston, Ontario. Canada Conference of the Pittsburgh Synod organized (Vaughan Township of Ontario), the first Lutheran organization in Canada. First congregation of the Missouri Synod in Canada organized at Rhineland, Ontario. The Evangelical Lutheran Synod of Canada organized (Vaughan Township of Ontario), successor to the Canada Conference of the Pittsburgh Synod. First Canadian Lutheran Church paper published, Kirchen-Blatt der Evangelische Lutherische Synode von Canada. First German Lutherans come to Western Canada. First Icelandic Lutheran services in Canada held at Gimli, Manitoba. First Norwegian Lutheran Church in Canada organized, in Compton County, Quebec. Canada District of the Missouri Synod formed. (Name changed to Ontario District in 1922. ) First Missouri Synod services conducted in Western Canada, at Berlin, now called Ossowo, near Winnipeg, by Rev. E. Rolf. Trinity Lutheran Church organized at Winnipeg, the oldest Lutheran congregation in Manitoba. First Swedish Lutheran congregation in Canada organized, at Stockholm, Saskatchewan. Rev. F. Pempeit, first Lutheran pastor in Alberta, begins his work there. First Inter-Lutheran Free Pastoral Conference with a view to closer fellowship. (Attended by Canada Synod and Missouri Synod pastors. ) Immanuel Lutheran Church organized at Winnipeg, the first Missouri Synod congregation in Western Canada. First Lutheran church in Saskatchewan dedicated, at Edenwold. First Finnish Lutheran congregation in Canada organized, at New Finland, Saskatchewan. Rev. F. Eggers arrives and conducts services in Edmonton and in the Stony Plain area, the first Missouri Synod pastor in Alberta. St. Matthew ' s Lutheran Church organized at Stony Plain, the first Missouri Synod congregation west of Manitoba, the mother church of the Missouri Synod in Western Canada. Rev. E. Eberhardt, pastor.

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LUTHERAN CHURCHES NOT INDICATED ON MAP Bridgewater area of Nova Scotia: 31 L. Calgary: 7 A, 5 L, 5 M, 2 X. Edmonton: 7 A, 8 L, 10 M, 3 X. Hamilton--Burlington: 7 L, 4M, IX. Kitchener--Waterloo: 10 L, 7 M. London: 1 L, 6 M, IX. Greater Montreal: 1 A, 7 L, 3 M, IX. Ottawa: 2 A, 3 L, 5 M. Port Arthur--Fort William: 1 A, 4 L, f Regina: 3 A, 4 L, 5 M. St. Catharines: 5 M, IX. M, 1 X. LUTHERAN CHURCHES IN CANADA Lutheran Church in America--L (The Lutheran Church in America--Canada Section) • Lutheran Church--Missouri Synod--M (The Lutheran Church-Canada) X Lutheran Churches of Other Synods NORTHWEST TERRITORIES SASKATCHEWAN « (Source: DIRECTORY--LUTHERAN CHURCHES IN CANADA--JULY 1966) • American Lutheran Church--A (The Evangelical Lutheran Church of Canada)