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Bethany Lutheran Church
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This folder includes a congregational historical record, a congregational statistical record, a letter from the church to Milton Nesvig, letters of call, a bulletin from the dedication service in 1966, various letters including correspondence regarding the California-Nevada agreement, an ALC mission agreement, newspaper clippings, a copy of the “Bethany Broadcaster” newsletter from 1965, an informational document about the church, and church constitution.
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In 1947 a group of ten families met with Circuit Counselor Rev. Henry C. Schultze, LCMS, and formed the first Lutheran congregation in the Gold Beach area. A parsonage was purchased in 1964 and ground was purchased for a church building site in 1965. The parish voted to transfer to the ALC in 1965. The ALC took Bethany as a mission parish with an agreement to start a church building program. A new church was dedicated in 1966. In 1970 Bethany became a dual parish with Zion Lutheran in Port Orford, sharing the same pastor until 1977.