Our Savior's Lutheran Church

This folder includes “The Story of Our Savior’s Lutheran Church of Broadus, Montana:The First Twenty-Two Years” by Loretta Mangen, two copies of “The Next Eight Years” by Loretta Mangen, various letters, church status sheet, proposal for Broadus, Montana, special project documentation, financial report for 1962-1964, counselor’s program report, attendance and contribution figures from 1962-1965, stewardship Sunday document from 1966, annual report from 1966, minutes from 1966 annual meeting, parochial report, T and C District committees document, and amonthly report from June of 1973.

Rev. Nels Carlson traveled from Miles City to Broadus to conduct services prior to the establishment of a Lutheran church. In the summer of 1953 Olaf Magis, a seminary student serving in the Miles City congregation, held worship services and conducted a survey of the area. As a result of this survey, Rev. Raeder Daehlin came and met with the group and continued the congregation. Organization took place on March 10, 1954, and the congregation was served by interns the first few years. Plans were made to build a church, and the first services were held in the basement on September 19, 1957. The church was dedicated November 23, 1958. With financial assistance from the ALC, the congregation was able to call its first ordained pastor, Gary Lindbo, who came in 1962. He had been the student intern from 1960-1961. In 1968 an oil pool in the Bell Creek area resulted in population growth which also increased the church membership. In 1975 the original church was torn down, and a new one was completed in 1976. In 1980 the congregation sponsored a family from Vietnam.