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JRLC Board Members Jason Atkins, Rev. Peg Chamberlin, and Brian Rusche testify on increasing minimum wage

Religious Demographics in Minnesota, 2014

Good Shepherd ELCA Lutheran Church, Henning, MN illustrates the complexities of the term evangelical. In the 16th Century, Martin Luther preferred to call the churches forming in his name “evangelical” (evangelische). The largest Lutheran…

The Norwegian Lutheran Memorial Church also known as Mindekirken was founded in 1922. And despite the push at the time for churches to convert to English only services, Mindekirken held true to its roots and continued to this day to hold services in…

“Grace” by Eric Enstrom (1918). This famous photograph has hung in Christian homes, restaurants, and churches across America. It was taken in Bovey, on Minnesota’s Iron Range and depicts traveling salesman Charles Wilden. In 2002, “Grace” became…

The First Baptist Church in Minneapolis is a historical and long-standing building. It was here that a well-known Fundamentalist pastor, William B. Riley, fought to create laws banning the education of evolution in schools (Szasz). He installed…

Pro-life demonstrators in Duluth Minnesota. While many conservative Evangelical churches still promote sexual abstinence and are against abortion, some others are more liberal (about 20% support abortion), where they use the morals in religion to…

Saint John’s Lutheran Church in Rich Valley, MN. This church a member congregation of the Lutheran Church-Missouri Synod (LCMS), a denomination of confessional Lutheranism. Beliefs and practices separate LCMS, an evangelical denomination, from other…

Starting in the early 1950s, Billy Graham led a powerful evangelical crusade as a tactful spokesperson based in his unquestioning belief in scripture. What started as a Christian radio station and the Minnesota-based Billy Graham Evangelical…