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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1919 Excerpt:...on the rolls of the synod are expenditures and the languages used in church was 447. As shown by the following table, 363 made services. report, all but 9 being in pastoral work, and 347 Church expenditures amountingto $836,923, reported reported annual salaries averaging $1,051. by 939 organizations, cover running expenses, outlay for repairs and improvements, benevolences, and other items that passed through the church treasury. Of the 987 organizations, 67, with 3,976 members, reported services conducted in English only, and 920, with 108,697 members, used foreign languages. The languages used were German and the Scandinavian languages, of which the principal one was Norwegian used alone or with English by 899 organizations, with 106,760 members, and by 904 organizations, with 107,010 members, in connection with Danish and English. Norwegian alone was reported by 333 organizations, with 35,167 members. As compared with the report for 1906, this shows a decrease of 268 organizations, with 29,584 members, using foreign languages only, and an increase of 286 organizations, with 31,888 members, reporting foreign languages and English. ORGANIZATIONS, MEMBERS, PLACES OF WORSHIP, AND VALUE OF CHURCH PROPERTY, BY STATES: 1916. ORGANIZATIONS, DEBT ON CHURCH PROPERTY, PARSONAGES, EXPENDITURES, AND SUNDAY SCHOOLS, BY STATES: 1916. HISTORY. This body was constituted in 1890 by the union of three synods, namely, the Norwegian Augustana Synod, organized in 1860; the Norwegian-Danish Evangelical Lutheran Conference, organized in 1870; and the Norwegian Anti-Missouri Brotherhood, organized in 1887. The last body separated from the Norwegian Synod because they could not accept its views respecting the doctrine of predestination. The union of these three bodies was due to...