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| Reverend C. J. Karl 1908-1909 | | In January 1906, the growing number of members of the First Church who
had moved to the Saint Anthony Hill district of Saint Paul began to
prepare for a new church home. Several sites were used until 1907,
when the newly formed “Evangelical Lutheran Gloria Dei Congregation of
St. Paul” chose a site at the corner of Hague and Victoria.
In December 1907 the Rev. C.J. Karl of Clarkfield was called to be its
first pastor, but he was directed by the Board of Missions to serve
both Gloria Dei and Arlington Hills English mission church. In 1908
Karl conducted an organizational meeting of 42 charter members for
Gloria Dei in his home. A Ladies’ Aid Society was formed, holding
annual festivals to support missions and a building fund launched after
Augustana Synod approved building a basement chapel. The members
immediately began planning for a complete building.
Contemporary Events
1906 San Francisco earthquake
1906 Amundsen determines magnetic location of North Pole
1908 The Ford Model-T was introduced
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