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torstai 12. tammikuuta 2017

Finnish Apostolic Lutheran Congregation in Calumet

Finnish Apostolic Lutheran church in Calumet in the beginning of 20th century.
The oldest Lutheran congregation founded by Finnish immigrants in the USA is Finnish Apostolic Lutheran Congregation in Calumet, Michigan. It was organized in 1872 and legalized next year with the name Solomon Kortiniemi Lutheran Society. The peculiar name is due to its first pastor. In the end of 1870's name was changed to the Finnish Apostolic Lutheran.  This congregation was the largest Finnish American Lutheran congregation in America from the 1870's to the 1890's. Lots of Finnish American history is hidden in church books and minutes of this congregation. But sadly, their archives are not open for researchers. I've tried to find other paths to examine this community.  I have found lots of congregational information in Calumet-based Amerikan Suomalainen Lehti. The majority of shareholders in this weekly Finnish newspaper were Apostolic Lutherans. The first fruits of this labor are now freely available for everyone interested. I've started with the year 1879. HERE you will find statistics compiled by me. It includes births, deaths, marriages and membership statistics.

Ps.
Years 1880, 1881 and 1882 are now completed. Links to those statistics are below.

Year (1880) is now completed and will be found HERE.

And the statistics for the year 1881 is now on THIS PAGE.

And for the year 1882 on THIS PAGE

And the year 1883 is now completed and is HERE

Some of the earliest documents of the Solomon Kortiniemi Lutheran Socitey are now scanned:

Articles of Association and in Certificate of Incorporation

List of founding members

Name changed to the Finnish Apostolic Lutheran Congregation in 1879

 

2 kommenttia:

  1. And now what I said has come. My entire family is in that cult. they and their millionaire backer invited covid. it was an apostolic on the calumet school board arguing against masks. it was apostolics who stole the contracts by rigging the awarding of them after the flood. and it is the apostolics who just got your schools shut down. when do we stop turning our head? when do we stop eating their shit? when do we say enough is god damn enough. they are not wearing mask and gathering by the hundreds at their church , they still insist covid is fake. find an apostolic , find a baseball bat , do whatever comes to mind. these fucking cultists have destroyed our counties long enough. and fuck the Moyle pricks who cried "not for my son". that family has shit on its employees for decades now. STOP THE apostolics and stop eating their shit any death from covid up here lands on their doorstep I assure you as a long as everyone who dies isnt a bun runner they are delighted. wake up , they have covered up abuse. covered up pedophilia , ran businesses out of calumet and laurium and are now going to get us killed. they tell you about their rich fin heritage. the fin government ran them out of the country for being a cult don't let these inbreds bullshit you. every one trying to figure out what to do with their children has only one group to thank , go see their million dollar church on canal road , go tell an apostolic to go fuck themselves today , grow up and stop eating their shit. get a fucking spine copper country , you have a cult among you hoping you all fucking die. when is enough enough?

    VastaaPoista