Steeples rise on the prairies: chapters from the history of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in North Dakota

• Format: Text
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• Published: North Dakota State Library
• Subjects: Bismarck; Grand Forks; Heg; Hesla; Hofstad; Jerstad; Solberg; eskimo*; Alaska
• Online Access: http://cdm16921.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/ref/collection/ndsl-books/id/32356

HOME MISSION HELPS E.L.C. BOARD OF HOME MISSIONS Ten members, one from each District N. D. District is represented by Mr. Kenneth Urdahl, Jamestown, N. D. General Supervision 1. Regional Committees (26) 26 Regions, 2 members each. North Dakota is called: Fargo Region. Dr. Loyal E. Tal- lakson Mr. O. Leonard Or- vedal 2. Home Mission Superintendents: 10 — President of each Dist. serves in his district. •3. District Home Mission Com.: 5 members for each District. North Dakota Committee: Rev. C. F. Savereid, Hillsboro, Chmn. Rev. J. B. Jerstad, Grand Forks, Secretary Mr. Kenneth Urdahl, Jamestown Mr. Guy Engen, Bismarck Rev. Roy Gilbert- son, Newtown Staff 1. Executive Director: Dr. Philip S. Dybvig 2. Regional Directors: Rev. Otto E. Hesla Rev. Clarence Solberg Rev. T. .Arnold Thompsen 3. Loan Re-financing: Mr. Merrill S. Moline 4. Office Secretary: Miss Jennie O. Berg North Dakota District congregations purchased $115,000 in Home Mission Trust Certificates during the 10 months from July, 1957. Institutions and Special Activities 1. Eskimo Mission: Rev. Norval Heg- land, Supt., Teller, Alaska Miss Helen Frost, Sitka Miss Bertha Stedje, Teller Rev. J. L. Maake- stad, Shishmaref, Alaska 2. Seattle Seamen's Center: Rev. H. Siqueland, Supt. Board of 9 members from the West Coast 3. Committee on Rural Life: ELC Board of 8 members- Rev. Harold Hofstad, Bismarck, is the N. D. member 4. Committee on Urban Life: ELC Board of 8 members from cities 5. Commission on Evangelism: ELC Board of 7 members. N. D. member: Melvin Olson, Valley City 10 Evangelists. Dr. Conrad Thompson, Supt., Minneapolis, Minn. 117 Scanned with a Zeutschel Zeta book scanner at 300 dpi. Edited with Multi-Page TIFF Editor.