Hauge Synod

The Hauge Synod,(formal name was Hauge's Norwegian Evangelical Lutheran Synod in America) was the name of a Norwegian Lutheran church body in the United States in the late 19th century and early 20th century. The group was named after Hans Nielsen Hauge a Norwegian farmer who became a lay preacher in Norway. The synod was "low church" de-emphasizing formal worship and stressing personal faith in Jesus Christ.

The group was formed in 1876 from a split with the Eielsen Synod. The Hauge Synod merged in 1917 into the Norwegian Lutheran Church of America. That group was later renamed the Evangelical Lutheran Church and then merged into the American Lutheran Church in 1960. The ALC later merged into the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America.

"See also The Norwegian Lutheran Church in the United States"

References

* [http://www.luthersem.edu/archives/Collections/4-Hauge.asp Luther Seminary archives]

*Nelson, E. Clifford, and Fevold, Eugene L. The Lutheran Church among Norwegian-Americans: a history of the Evangelical Lutheran Church (Minneapolis: Augsburg Publishing House, 1960)