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In 1919 Reverend W.F. Schmidt, the Field Missionary of the North Pacific District of the Lutheran Church, began a nucleus of a church in Baker after several prior attempts were made to organize a congregation were unsuccessful. A Ladies Aid was formed in 1920. In July of 1920 Reverend Joh Groschupf became the first permanent pastor. He organized the Sunday School and began confirmation classes. Official organization occurred on July 12, 1922.

In 1923 the lot on which the church was built was purchased by the Mission Board of the church (prior services were held in the Adventist Church). Consecration for the first church took place on June 20, 1926. The present building was dedicated on July 22, 1951. The congregation voted to remove their membership from the ELCA on March 15, 2011.

On October 10, 1976, an exploratory meeting was held at Michael and Kathy Nida’s home to discuss starting a preaching ministry. The first meeting of the fledgling group was October 24 in the Brownsville Recreation Center. There were 35 people in attendance, and at the meeting officers were elected.

The first move took place April 24, 1977, when the group moved into the Brownsville Elementary School for their education classes and worship services. The first services of the congregation were conducted by the Lutheran pastors of the surrounding area who took turns being responsible for their assigned Sundays.

On February 26, 1977, the mission group moved into the newly built Community Library building at Spalding and Averill and Reverend Ed Anderson of Eugene became the third pastor to serve this mission group. This group was formally received as a congregation of the American Lutheran Church on May 21, 1978. The congregation's last service was Easter Sunday, March 31, 1991.

The first service was held Palm Sunday of 1947 at the Veteran’s Housing Administration Building with twenty in attendance. The lots were purchased that year, and in 1948 a decision was made to purchase the old Christian church, which was moved to the new site on October 7, 1948. The parsonage was built in 1960. In 1962 some interior remodeling of the church was done. In 1964 the exterior of the entrance of the church was renovated with wood siding and in 1966 shrubs were set out by the steps. In 1973 and 1975 improvement work was done in the church basement. In 1989 the last service for the congregation was held.

The Albina Lutheran Church was established by the Commission on Negro Missions of the American Lutheran Church on February 2, 1947. The name was changed to Bethesda Lutheran church on June 13, 1948. The congregation disbanded in 1955

Pastor Vern Jeffers presided over the first services in October 1954. In January 6, 1956, the congregation was organized as Epiphany Lutheran Church of Portland, Oregon. They dedicated their building June 2, 1963. From 1970-1975 the congregation held kindergarten in the building. In 1977 some of the property was sold, and October 11, 1981, they voted to disband. Their last service was held October 25, 1981.

The Holy Sacrament Lutheran Church congregation of Portland, Oregon first organized in a home on September 1, 1952 under the name Green Gables Lutheran Church. The first service was held on October 5 of that year under the direction of the Home Mission program of the Lutheran Church Missouri Synod. The congregation was formally organized on January 24, 1953 and took the name Holy Sacrament Lutheran Church. Property was obtained and church building erected. The congregation sold half of its acreage to Portland Unity Church, and the decision was made to pay off the Northwest District's Church extension loan. Holy Sacrament then entered into the American Evangelical Lutheran Church. Beginning in the 1960s, the congregation shared the sanctuary space with Hope Lutheran Church for the Deaf, the Seventh Day Baptist Church, and a non-denominational group called Calvary Chapel.

Martin Luther Lutheran Church was organized in 1956 in Portland, Oregon. They started construction on their church building in 1957. The church was built largely with the help of volunteer work and donations. Martin Luther Lutheran Church was officially dissolved in 1975.

Peace Lutheran Church was assembled first as a Lutheran Mission in Rainier, Oregon in 1954. The mission was initially named Rainier First Lutheran and was led first by Pastor Leroy E. Pillman and, beginning in 1957, Pastor James H. Goss. The congregation officially organized in 1958 under the name Peace Lutheran. Peace Lutheran had several visiting pastors until 1962 when they called Pastor Wilton H. Anderson, who they shared with Brownsmead congregation. In 1969, the church was disbanded due to low membership.

This was a small group of Scandinavian Lutheran people who began regular worship and meetings in the 1880’s. The group was ordinarily served by pastors who travelled from the Seattle-Tacoma area on a regular but infrequent basis.

This congregation was founded by the Reverend S.J. Ristesund in 1939 as an independent congregation. Services were held in the Eagles Hall and six people were present for the first service. A bus was purchased to transport children to Sunday school. The group held groundbreaking for the church on June of 1941, and the first service there was held December 25, 1942. The first unit, a fellowship hall, was followed by the erection of the building, where the first service was held on October 26, 1944. The congregation voted to disband on April 30, 2006, and had their last service on June 25, 2006.