Finnish Churches in North America - Oregon


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Astoria - Apostolic ("Lutheran")
Founded in 1883. A church was built at Irving Avenue. A group left the church and founded a second Apostolic church in 1921.
Preachers:
John H. Lumijärvi (1884-)
J. Kivijärvi
Frans Kankkonen
Kalle Ojala (1917-1928)
Jacob Kujala
Evert Aleksanteri Aspfors (1942-)
[Source: Saarnivaara 1947, p. 142, 208, 285, 288 & 329]

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Astoria Apostolic Lutheran Church
Address:
10th and Irving Avenue, Astoria, OR 97103
Pastors:
Ben Johnson
[Source: http://www.apostolic-lutheran.org/churchlocater/roster2.htm / Dec 26, 1999]
[Unknown which of the Apostolic Lutheran churches]


Astoria - Apostolic ("Heideman")
A group left the older Apostolic church and founded a new church in 1921. A big church was built at Columbia Avenue in 1921.
Preachers:
John Norman Nelson
Tapani Ojalehto (1931-)
Robert Peter Nordström (1943-1944)
[Source: Saarnivaara 1947, p. 208, 292 & 329]


Astoria - National
A Finnish congregation
Pastors:
Rissanen
Liljeroos
Ovaskainen
[Source: Kansalliskirkko 1949, p. 344]


Astoria - Suomi Synod
Zion (Finnish) Evangelical Lutheran Church
[Source: RW]


Brownsmead - Suomi Synod
?
[Source: RW]


Clatskanie-Quincy - Apostolic ("Lutheran")
Founded in 1898. A group left the church and founded a second Apostolic church in 1922 (the "Heideman" group).
Preachers:
Carl G. Sacarisen (1920-)
Wilhelm Basi (1933-1944)
Benjamin Aleksanteri Luokkanen (1944-)
[Source: Saarnivaara 1947, p. 142, 208-209, 284-285 & 330]

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Clatskanie Apostolic Lutheran Church
Address:
18558 Beaver-Falls Road, Clatskanie, OR 97016
Pastors:
Ron Holmgren
[
Source: http://www.apostolic-lutheran.org/churchlocater/roster2.htm / Dec 26, 1999]
[Unknown which of the Apostolic Lutheran churches]


Clatskanie-Quincy - Apostolic ("Heideman")
A group left the older Apostolic church and founded a new church in 1922. This was divided some time after the foundation and the church building was taken over by "Esikoiset" because they were in majority (the Beaver Creek church). A new church building was erected in 1938.
Preachers:
Tapani Ojalehto (1940-)
[Source: Saarnivaara 1947, p. 208-209, 292 & 330]


Clatskanie-Quincy-Beaver Creek - Apostolic ("Esikoiset")
A group left the "Heideman" church in 1922 and founded a third Apostolic church in Clatskanie-Quincy. They got the church building because they were in majority (the Beaver Creek church building).
[Source: Saarnivaara 1947, p. 208-209 & 330]

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Preachers:
Johan Helimäki (1927-1935) ("Evangelical")
Jakob Kukkola (1943-) ("Evangelical")
[Source: Saarnivaara 1947, p. 322-323]


Clatskanie - Suomi Synod
?
[Source: RW]


Cloverdale - Suomi Synod
?
[Source: RW]


Coos Bay - Suomi Synod
?
[Source: RW]


Dayton - Apostolic ("Lutheran")
Preachers:
Kalle Ojala
[Source: Saarnivaara 1947, p. 288 & 329]


Greasewood - Apostolic
Finnish Apostolic Lutheran Church

Umatilla County
[Source: http://arcweb.sos.state.or.us/SHPO/umatilla/umatilla07.html / Mar 13, 2000]


Independence - Suomi Synod
Finnish Evangelical Lutheran Church
[Source: RW]


Pendleton - Apostolic ("Lutheran")
Preachers:
Kalle Ojala (1928-1941)
[Source: Saarnivaara 1947, p. 141, 288 & 329]

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Preachers:
John Norman Nelson (1922-1923)
[Source: Saarnivaara 1947, p. 292]

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A church building.
[Source: Rautanen 1911, p. 31]


Portland - Apostolic ("Lutheran")
348 N. Fremont St.
Preachers:
Carl G. Sacarisen
John Riikonen (1945-)
[Source: Saarnivaara 1947, p. 284 & 330]

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Portland Apostolic Lutheran Church
Address:
17871 SW 115th Ave., Tualatin, OR 97016
Pastors:
Howard Prouty
Tom Lappi
[Source: http://www.apostolic-lutheran.org/churchlocater/roster2.htm / Dec 26, 1999]


Portland - National
A Finnish congregation
[Source: Kansalliskirkko 1949, p. 344]


Portland - Suomi Synod
Messiah Evangelical Lutheran Church
[Source: RW]

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Archival Sources:
Finnish-American Historical Archives, Hancock


Swenson - Suomi Synod
?
[Source: RW]