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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…

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…

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…

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…

“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…

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…