The United Evangelical Lutheran Church (commonly known as the United Church ) was one of the many denominations formed when Lutherans came to the United States from Europe. Originally known as the United Danish Evangelical Lutheran Church , the United Church merged with other Lutheran groups to form the American Lutheran Church in 1960, which endured until 1988.
13-812: The Danish Evangelical Lutheran Church Association in America (or Blair Church ) was formed in 1884 by a group of Danish members who left the Conference of the Norwegian-Danish Evangelical Lutheran Church of America . Many of Blair Church pastors were supportive of the Inner Mission . The Blair Church was based in Blair, Nebraska . The Danish Evangelical Lutheran Church in North America (or North Church )
26-742: A third group known as the Centerists attempted to keep the church together by incorporating ideas from both groups. The United Church fell firmly in the Inner Mission or Anti-Grundtvigian camp. There was a strong emphasis on personal holiness in the United Church, and not much talk about the sacraments. This emphasis led to the United Church being known as the "sad Danes" or "holy Danes". While other Danish Lutherans in America tended to prefer pastors and leaders trained in Copenhagen ,
39-555: A two-year college, and then a four-year college, now known as Dana College . In 1946, as the second and third generation of Danes in America started to merge into the American culture, the word "Danish" was dropped from the official name of the church. In 1960, the United Church merged with churches that were ethnically German and Norwegian to form the American Lutheran Church . In 1959, just before its merger into
52-827: The United States from 1870 to 1890, when it merged into the United Norwegian Lutheran Church of America . The church had split from the Scandinavian Evangelical Lutheran Augustana Synod in North America (SAS) in 1870. Prior to the split the SAS had placed a Norwegian seminary in Marshall, Wisconsin , which today is located in Minneapolis, Minnesota , and known as Augsburg University . When
65-540: The "Blair Church"). The United Church quickly formed a system of education, centered in Blair, Nebraska. The center-piece was Trinity Seminary, an institution designed for the training of pastors. Trinity was supported by the Dana School . The Dana School was originally intended to provide future pastors with a pre-seminary education, and others in the community with a secondary education. The school eventually became
78-605: The ALC, the United Church had 197 pastors, 164 congregations, and 66,623 members. In 1988, the American Lutheran Church became a part of the largest Lutheran denomination in America, the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America . As a result of the merger, Trinity Seminary closed its doors, becoming a part of Wartburg Theological Seminary . Dana College in Blair continued to be a college of
91-621: The Blair Church or the Danish Association, was founded in 1884 when a group of Danish congregations left the Conference of the Norwegian-Danish Evangelical Lutheran Church of America . The Danish Association was founded at a meeting in Argo, Nebraska , and moved to nearby Blair, Nebraska after its founding. The Danish Association created Trinity Seminary on October 21, 1886 in Blair, Nebraska , with Anton Marius Andersen as
104-665: The Conference separated from the SAS in 1870, another church body also split from the SAS, the Norwegian-Danish Augustana Synod in America (NAS). The difference between the NAS and the Conference was the inclusion of the Book of Concord . The NAS wanted to include the entire Book of Concord as the confessional base. The Conference wanted to use only the three ecumenical creeds , Luther's Small Catechism , and
117-596: The ELCA until its closure in 2010. In the 19th century, the Lutherans in Denmark were divided into three different camps. Many in the church followed the ideas of the theologian and hymn writer N. F. S. Grundtvig . Another group, known as Inner Mission , was strongly influenced by European Pietism . This group was so opposed to the ideas of Grundtvig that they were often referred to as the "Anti-Grundtvigians". Finally,
130-779: The Unaltered Augsburg Confession . The two groups along with the Anti-Missourian Brotherhood group from the Norwegian Synod united in 1890 to form the United Norwegian Lutheran Church of America . In 1884, a group of Danish members left the Conference and formed the Danish Evangelical Lutheran Church Association in America also known as the Danish Association and "the Blair Church". This article relating to Lutheranism
143-799: The United Church more quickly moved toward pastors trained in America in order to avoid the influence of Grundtvigian theology. Danish Evangelical Lutheran Church Association in America Danish Evangelical Lutheran Church Association in America (often known as the Blair Church ) was a Lutheran church body that existed in the United States from 1884 to 1896, when it merged into the United Danish Evangelical Lutheran Church . The Danish Evangelical Lutheran Church Association in America, or simply
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#1732776889142156-512: The first president. In 1896, the Danish Association merged with the Danish Evangelical Lutheran Church in North America to form the United Danish Evangelical Lutheran Church . Conference of the Norwegian-Danish Evangelical Lutheran Church of America Conference of the Norwegian-Danish Evangelical Lutheran Church of America usually called the Conference was a Lutheran church body that existed in
169-447: Was formed in 1894 when seminary president Kristian Anker and professor Peter Sørensen Vig , along with a number of pastor and congregations, left the Danish Evangelical Lutheran Church in America over theological differences. These two churches merged in 1896 in Minneapolis, Minnesota , to form the United Danish Evangelical Lutheran Church (in addition to being known as the United Church, this new church continued to be referred to as
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