Biography/History:
In 1888, the Evangelical Lutheran Church held its convention in Minneapolis. Rev. Falk Gjertsen of the Norwegian Danish Conference invited several men to his home to discuss the possibility of starting deaconess work in…
Biography/History:
Founded in 1897 by Norwegians who had settled on the Northwest Side of Chicago, the Norwegian Lutheran Deaconess Home and Hospital carried on a broad community program of social work and care for youth, as well as operating a…