Shawnee County Churches
First Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church, Topeka
"A History of Evangelical Lutheran Synod in Kansas," H. A. Ott, 1907
The First Swedish Evangelical Lutheran church of Topeka was organized
in 1870, some of the members coming out of the English Lutheran
church. In the fall of the same year it was received into the Kansas Synod while Rev. C. J. Sheleen was pastor. The church remained in this Synod until 1873, when it called a pastor who belonged to the Augustana Synod. This brother persuaded the congregation to withdraw from the Kansas Synod and unite with the
Augustana Synod. As the church had received considerable help
from General Synod people in Topeka in securing a church home,
the transfer was resisted until some satisfactory settlement or return of money was made. This made the separation rather an unpleasant one as the settlement was not made or satisfactory explanation offered. The church united with the Augustana Synod
in 1872.
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