The area is known affectionately by many of its long-time residents as “Nordeast” which encompasses the largest area of Minneapolis. Covering a total of 5,411 acres it is bounded on the west by the Mississippi River; on the north and east by the city limits, and on the south by East Hennepin Avenue...
Founded in 1873, this is another of the early Protestant churches established by the city’s German immigrants who settled in Northeast Minneapolis. A small church was erected at 10th Avenue and 2nd St. NE, where the congregation worshipped until it merged with Foss Methodist Episcopal Church...
Founded in 1902 by the Reverence William B. Riley, pastor of the First Baptist Church, the training school offered training for those seeking to become missionaries. The first classes were held in the church but were moved in 1904 to 6 South 11th Street. In 1921, a building at 1423 Harmon Place to...
Known since 1918 as Christ Lutheran Church on Capitol Hill, the congregation dates back to 1868. Initially, services were held in homes and at Zion Evangelical Lutheran Church. From 1872 to 1882, the congregation met at different locations until the land was purchased at 105 W. University Avenue...
In 1888, a group of men who came from the Lithuanian section of the Pale of Settlement established a congregation named O’Hel Jacob (Tent of Jacob), the third Jewish congregation established in Minneapolis (Sha’ari Tob and Adath Jeshurun preceded it). Worship services and meetings were held...
In 1922, 125 members broke from Memorial Baptist Church (est. 1914) to establish St. Paul Independent Baptist Church. The congregation first met in Reverend T. J. Carr’s home at 499 St. Anthony Avenue before moving to a tent in his backyard and later to a storefront location on Rondo Avenue and Kent...