St. Paul’s Congregation: A Historical Timeline

Archival Document Analysis, Clergy, Congregational Change, Culture Frame, Ecology Frame, History, Mainline & Liberal Protestant Churches, Neighborhoods & Contexts, Timeline Exercise

The Alley News is a very local newspaper, based in the Phillips Neighborhood in Minneapolis. In 2014, they published an account and explanation of St. Paul Lutheran Church’s “Notes of Growth and Change.” This looks a lot like the basic facts people would want to have about their particular churches for a congregational timeline. The…