Berkeley - Apostolic
("Lutheran")
Founded in 1894. A group left the church in 1920 and founded a new church because of
internal conflicts.
Preachers:
Bernhard G. Färdig (1895-1934)
John Riikonen (1934-)
William John Hilman (1944-)
[Source: Saarnivaara 1947, 124, 207, 283-284, 286 & 324]
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Berkeley Apostolic Lutheran Church
2437 Byron Street, Berkeley, CA 94702
Pastors:
Ivan Seppala
[Source: http://www.apostolic-lutheran.org/churchlocater/roster2.htm
/ Dec 26, 1999]
[Not sure which of the Berkeley Apostolic churches. Meets at the First Finnish
Apostolic Lutheran Church. Which one is that?]
Berkeley - Apostolic
("Heideman")
Founded in 1920 when a group left the older church because of internal conflicts. They
had a small church building.
Preachers:
Ray Hjalmer Tulkki
[Source: Saarnivaara 1947, 207, 292 & 324]
Berkeley - Suomi Synod
Holy Trinity Evangelical Lutheran Church
[Source: RW]
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Archival Sources:
Finnish-American Historical Archives, Hancock
Eureka - Baptist
A Swedish Finn church.
[Source: Silfversten 1931, p. 287 & 289]
Eureka - Suomi Synod
Finnish Evangelical Lutheran Church
[Source: RW]
Fort Bragg - Apostolic
?
Preachers:
John Riikonen
[Source: Saarnivaara 1947, p. 284]
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Preachers:
Itänen
[Source: Rautanen 1911, p. 31]
Fort Bragg - Suomi Synod
Trinity Evangelical Lutheran Church
[Source: RW]
Los Angeles - Apostolic
Los Angeles Apostolic Lutheran Church
3939 Marine Avenue, Hawthorne
Pastors:
Gordon Halone
[Source: http://www.apostolic-lutheran.org/churchlocater/roster2.htm
/ Dec 26, 1999]
[Not sure if it is/was a Finnish church]
Los Angeles -
Congregational
There still exists a "Suomalainen Lähetyskirkko" ( Finnish Mission Church )
organization, which started many Finnish Congregational Churches in numerous states in
America. The Eastern Conference still remains, and they held their 100th Annual Conference
in So.Carver, MA last June. These churches received funding from the old Congregational
Home Mission Society, and the first Finnish pastors came from the Evangelical Free Church
organization in Finland. I believe this group had it's beginnings among Swedish speaking
Finns, and probably had early connections in Sweden and England.
These churches were established from New England, thru the Mid-West, and even Calif. The
earliest ( 1891 ) was in Ashtabula, OH, and there was one in Brooklyn, NY ( 1912 ),
another in Los Angeles ( 1921 ) - - - with possibly over 38 total churches, not counting
several in Canada. Many have since become assimilated, and changed their names to conform
to services in English, etc.
[Source: Art Jura / oldfinn@webtv.net on
Finngen 12/8/99]
Los Angeles -
Suomi Synod
Finnish Evangelical Lutheran Church
[Source: RW]
Penn Grove -
Suomi Synod
Finnish Evangelical Lutheran Church
[Source: RW]
Reedley - National
A Finnish congregation
[Source: Kansalliskirkko 1949, p. 344]
Reedley -
Suomi Synod
Finnish Evangelical Lutheran Church
[Source: RW]
Rocklin - Apostolic
("Lutheran")
Founded in 1895. A church building.
Preachers:
Matti Ruhkala (1899-)
[Source: Saarnivaara 1947, 142, 289 & 324; Rautanen 1911, p. 31]
Rocklin -
Suomi Synod
Finnish Evangelical Lutheran Church
[Source: RW]
San Francisco -
Baptist
A Swedish Finn church which worked for a while and then joined with the Swedish Baptist
church.
[Source: Silfversten 1931, p. 287]
San Francisco
Lutherska Bethelförsamlingen i San Francisco
A Swedish Finn church close to "Finska sjömansmissionssällskapet" [Finnish
Seamen's Mission] founded Jun 5, 1923 which joined the Augustana Synod. A church was
bought from the Congregationalists. A total of 89 members in 1930.
Pastors:
Herman Lind
N. J. Forsberg (-1929)
Herman Lind (1929-1931-)
[Source: Silfversten 1931, p. 285-286 & 288]
San Francisco -
Suomi Synod
Gethsemane Evangelical Lutheran Church
[Source: RW]
San Francisco -
Unknown
Seamen's Mission Station
[Source: RW]
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