Foreign Language Press Service

The Great Synodal Convention in Chicago

Svenska Tribunen-Nyheter, June 15, 1921

The Saron Swedish Lutheran Church, Shakespeare Avenue and Richmond Street, has been a busy place these last few days, for the Swedish Lutheran Church of America has been holding one of the most important conventions in its history there.

Chicago is the stronghold of this Church, having no fewer than forty-five Swedish Lutheran congregations, with a total membership of twenty-one thousand.

The convention lasted from June 7 to June 13, inclusive.

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