The Evangelical Covenant Church has its roots in a Swedish pietism and the Lutheran Church of Sweden. The immigrants that formed denomination at first tried to remain with in the Augustana Lutheran Synod, but later formed two separate groups: The Swedish Lutheran Mission Synod (1873) and the Swedish Lutheran Ansgarius Synod (1884). The two groups merged in 1885 to form the Swedish Evangelical Covenant Church. "Swedish" was dropped from the name in 1957.

See also: Lutheran

Archives and Historical Societies

Archives and Special Collections of North Park University
3225 W. Foster Avenue
Chicago, Illinois 60625-4895
(773) 244-6223
E-mail: archives@northpark.edu
Serves as the archives for the Evangelical Covenant Church. Holdings also include the Swedish-American Archives of Greater Chicago.

Swenson Swedish Immigration Research Center
Augustana College
639 38th Street
Rock Island IL 61201-2296
Tel: 309/794-7204
Fax: 309/794-7443
E-mail: sag@augustana.edu
The Swenson Center's holdings include microfilmed records of many Chicago Swedish congregations, regardless of denomination.

Denominational Web Site

Denominational web sites may include historical data and directories of congregations.

The Evangelical Covenant Church

First

Organized 1868.

Church records available on microfilm:
Minutes, 1868-1963
Membership records, 1868-1927

Available at the Swenson Center (see: "Evangelical Covenant-Archives" for more information).

Austin

Organized 1894.

Church records available on microfilm:
Minutes, 1894-1932
Membership records, 1895-1908
Ministerial acts, 1922

Available at the Swenson Center (see: "Evangelical Covenant-Archives" for more information).

Bethany

Organized 1882.

Church records available on microfilm:
Minutes, 1925-1930
Membership records, 1882-1890
Ministerial acts, 1883-1927

Available at the Swenson Center (see: "Evangelical Covenant-Archives" for more information).

Calvary

Organized 1906.

Church records available on microfilm:
Minutes, 1912-1930
Membership records, 1906-1931
Ministerial acts

Available at the Swenson Center (see: "Evangelical Covenant-Archives" for more information).

Douglas Park

Organized 1877. 22nd and California.

Church records available on microfilm:
Minutes, 1878-1914, 1915-1923
Membership records, 1881-1936

Available at the Swenson Center (see: "Evangelical Covenant-Archives" for more information).

Peterson, N. Arvid. The Church That Never Grew Old, 1877-1967. Chicago: Douglas Park Covenant Church, 1968. Includes biographical sketches of early members. Call # BX7547.Z7 C384

Edgebrook

Organized 1884.

Church records available on microfilm:
Minutes, 1885-1930
Membership records, 1884-1905
Ministerial acts, scattered dates

Available at the Swenson Center (see: "Evangelical Covenant-Archives" for more information).

Edgewater

Organized 1909.

Church records available on microfilm:
Minutes, 1908-1930
Ministerial acts, 1909-1938

Available at the Swenson Center (see: "Evangelical Covenant-Archives" for more information).

Grace

Organized 1898.

Church records available on microfilm:
Minutes, 1911-1930
Membership records, 1898-1932
Ministerial acts, 1898-1932

Available at the Swenson Center (see: "Evangelical Covenant-Archives" for more information).

Maplewood

Organized 1882.

Church records available on microfilm:
Minutes, 1907-1928

Available at the Swenson Center (see: "Evangelical Covenant-Archives" for more information).

Moreland

Organized 1890.

Church records available on microfilm:
Minutes, 1891-1923
Membership records, 1890-1918

Available at the Swenson Center (see: "Evangelical Covenant-Archives" for more information).

North Park

Organized 1898.

Church records available on microfilm:
Minutes, 1898-1930

Available at the Swenson Center (see: "Evangelical Covenant-Archives" for more information).

Ravenswood

Organized 1887.

Church records available on microfilm:
Minutes, 1887-1915, 1916-1929
Membership records, 1895-1932
Ministerial acts, 1898-1932

Available at the Swenson Center (see: "Evangelical Covenant-Archives" for more information).

Redeemer

Organized 1888.

Church records available on microfilm:
Minutes, 1906-1930
Membership records, 1890-1904
Ministerial acts, 1898-1930

Available at the Swenson Center (see: "Evangelical Covenant-Archives" for more information).

South Chicago

Organized 1883.

Church records available on microfilm:
Minutes, 1883-1930
Membership records, 1883-1915
Ministerial acts, 1899-1934

Available at the Swenson Center (see: "Evangelical Covenant-Archives" for more information).

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