Harrison - Suomi Synod
Finnish Evangelical Lutheran Church
[Source: RW]
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Archival Sources:
Finnish-American Historical Archives, Hancock
Harrison - Unknown
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[Source: RW]
Hebron - Suomi Synod
Trinity Evangelical Lutheran Church
[Source: RW]
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Archival Sources:
Finnish-American Historical Archives, Hancock
South Paris - Suomi Synod
Trinity Evangelical Lutheran Church
[Source: RW]
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Archival Sources:
Finnish-American Historical Archives, Hancock
Thomaston - Congregational
Finnish Congregational Church
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.
We still have two here in Maine. One in West Paris and the other in Thomaston. I am
president of the latter, and we still sing one hymn in Finnish, have "kahvia"
and "pulla" after the service, and the church is still known as the
"Finnish Congregational Church".
[Source: Art Jura / oldfinn@webtv.net on
Finngen 12/8/99]
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[Source: RW]
Thomaston - Suomi Synod
Holy Trinity Evangelical Lutheran Church
[Source: RW]
West Barnstable - Suomi Synod
?
[Source: RW]
West Paris - 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 its 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.
We still have two here in Maine. One in West Paris and the other in Thomaston. I am
president of the latter, and we still sing one hymn in Finnish, have "kahvia"
and "pulla" after the service, and the church is still known as the
"Finnish Congregational Church".
[Source: Art Jura / oldfinn@webtv.net on
Finngen 12/8/99]
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