Initially called the Danish Evangelical Lutheran Emmanuel Congregation, this group was organized on January 20, 1882, in the courthouse in St. Paul. They met the next week in the courthouse for a service and then rented the Methodist church (on Rice Park?) for services. The congregation built a frame church on the southwest corner of Stevens and Orleans Streets on the West Side in 1884. Danish was the language used until around 1903 when English services were held. In 1923 the congregation changed its name to St. Stephen's English Evangelical Lutheran Church. They erected a new church in 1927 at 1575 Charlton Street. The congregation remains extant in this location (but in a newer building) in 2015.
Sources
- Stoddard, Emma N. St. Stephen's Lutheran Church: 100th Anniversary--A Synoptical History, 1882-1982. West St. Paul: St. Stephen's Lutheran Church, 1981. St. Stephen's Lutheran Church. "The History of St. Stephen's." http://www.ststephenswsp.org/ststhistory.cfm