- 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 theUnited States in the late 19th century and early 20th century. The group was named afterHans Nielsen Hauge a Norwegian farmer who became a lay preacher inNorway . The synod was "low church" de-emphasizing formal worship and stressing personal faith inJesus 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 theAmerican Lutheran Church in 1960. The ALC later merged into theEvangelical 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)
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