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Concordia Theological Monthly

Publication Date

8-1-1955

Document Type

Article

Keywords

lutheran church, america, lutheranism, community, culture, theology

Submission Type

Bible Study; Lecture; Sermon Prep

Abstract

Lutherans landed in America before the arrival of the Mayflower. Some Danish Lutherans, looking for the Northwest Passage, buried forty of their dead on Hudson Bay in 1619. In December of the same year Pastor Rasmus Jensen held a Lutheran Christmas service on the shores of what is now the United States of America.

Disciplines

Religious Thought, Theology and Philosophy of Religion

Submission Cost

Free

Submission Audience

Laity; Ministers; Scholars

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