Temple Baptist Church of Duluth, Minnesota, 1909-1986

Collection

Identifier: MSS-Chu-MN-11

Staff Only

Scope and Contents

The Temple Baptist Church collection spans one box and dates between 1909 to 1986. Most material is from Temple Baptist Church, not Central Baptist Church.

The Ladies Aid reports date between 1924 and 1939. They are kept in their original small black binder. The reports are in Swedish until 1936, after which they are in English.

Tempel Rosten was a monthly newsletter beginning in 1909. Four bound volumes of this publication run to 1920. The publication was in Swedish.

The Bulletins and Pamphlets folder includes a directory from 1955, an outreach brochure, and several church bulletins dating between 1939 and 1971.

The Bulletins series are church bulletins from weekly services and date between 1972 and 1978.

The Annual Reports folder holds reports from 1970 to 1980, with a missing report from 1979.

The Correspondence folder dates between 1946 and 1986, and are mostly letters to or from the pastor.

The Anniversaries folder holds pamphlets from Temple Baptist Church's 40th, 50th, 60th, 75th, 80th, 100th, and 105th Anniversaries, between 1924 and 1989. Also included is Central Baptist Chuch's 75th Anniversary booklet from 1959.

Dates

1909 - 1986

Creator

Anderson, Clarence D., Rev., 1925- (Person)

Conditions Governing Access

This collection is open to researcher use.

Biographical / Historical

First Swedish Baptist Church of Duluth was organized on March 23, 1884 with fourteen charter members. Before they built a church at 19th Avenue West and 1st Street in 1887, they used the building located at 20th Avenue West and 1st Street for services, as did the Second Baptist Church. A new building at 22nd Avenue West and 3rd Street was dedicated in 1910, and an addition was added in 1934. By 1927, when the church was renamed Temple Baptist Church, English had slowly replaced Swedish, although the language was still used until 1939. In 1961, Temple Baptist Church merged with Central Baptist Church. In 1999, the congregation renamed the church Lincoln Park Baptist Church.

Central Baptist Church was originally founded in 1884 with eleven charter members as Second Baptist Church under the Northern Baptist Association, and worshiped in a church 20th Avenue West and 1st Street. The church was renamed to Central Baptist Church in 1904, although it was not legally changed until 1924. They built a new church in 1903 on the same lot. The congregation became affiliated with the Baptist General Conference in 1957. They purchased a lot for a new church at 3210 Decker Road between 1957 and 1959. The chuch merged with Temple Baptist in 1961.