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| Reverend. Dr. Clifford Ansgar Nelson 1935-1960 |  | Rev. Nelson was called to Gloria Dei in 1935. By 1948 the congregation
had 1,402 members and the focus was on the planning a new building on
Snelling Ave. During his tenure the first associate pastor, Reverend J.
Walton Kempe was called, in 1954.
In 1937, while representing the Augustana Synod at ecumenical
conferences in Oxford and Edinburgh, he learned that Hitler had
arrested Lutheran pastors in Germany.
By 1941, 16 members had joined the Armed Services. By 1944, 177 had
served, and three had died in the war. In 1946 Nelson spent six months
assisting in the recovery of the Lutheran church in Europe. The Guide
became a weekly publication in 1947, sent to members’ homes. In 1960,
he resigned and did missionary work in Singapore.
Contemporary Events
1941 Japan bombs Pearl Harbor
1945 Dietrich Bonhoeffer martyred
1945 World War II ends
1951 Color television introduced
1955 Elvis Presley’s first hit
1955 Rosa Parks refuses to give up her bus seat
1959 Alaska and Hawaii become U.S. states
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