Church

University Avenue Congregational Church, St. Paul

The congregation was formed in 1895 and worshipped in two prior buildings before hiring the eminent architect Clarence H. Johnston to design this church in 1908. A beautifully maintained example of the late 19th century Carpenter Gothic style, the building contains all the elements associated with...

Unity Unitarian Church, St. Paul

The first Unitarian meetings were held in St. Paul in 1852 by visiting missionaries. The first congregation, however, organized twenty years later, meeting in the old Temperance Street Church from 1872 to 1875.  The congregation moved to the Universalist Church, meeting there from 1875 to 1881.  The...

Unity Truth Center, Minneapolis

This congregation was founded in 1913 as a branch of the Unity Church, a national movement led by Charles and Myrtle Fillmore that emerged out of New Thought in the 1890s. The Minneapolis congregation was founded by charter members Ruth Ridges and Anna H. Ray and met at 1198 Nicollet Avenue. In...

Union Gospel Mission, St. Paul

This interdenominational mission was organized on December 1, 1902, representing cooperation among several Protestant churches in our area.  Meeting initially at 414 Jackson Street, the organization provided social services along with evangelical meetings. In 1903, the social services were moved to...

Union City Mission, Minneapolis

 

This mission, supported by several religious groups of different denominations, was established in 1895 by T.E. Hughes and C. M Stocking. It initially met on Nicollet Avenue (address unknown) and later rented the Miller Hotel on the corner of 2nd Avenue South and Washington Avenue, renaming it St...

St. John's Evangelical Lutheran Church, Minneapolis

The founders of St. John’s Evangelical Lutheran Church established in 1869 were from German-speaking areas of Central Europe.  The first meetings were held in the home of Christian Mulchow at 917 Marshall St. NE.  The group soon moved to Little Red Schoolhouse at 13th and Main St. NE, and then to an...