CHU-995 Church Records

--Church History

Information about the history of the Lutheran Church in North America including the formation of the various Danish associations and synods and the history of their relationships. Some information about the Danish Lutheran Church (the state church of Denmark) is also included.

Iowa, Plymouth County, Oyens - Bethesda Lutheran Church (Fredonia; Gethsemane)

These records from Plymouth County, Iowa, refer to one or more Lutheran churches in that county named "The Danish Evangelical Lutheran Congregation of Fredonia Township, Plymouth County, Iowa," "Bethesda Danish Evangelical Lutheran Church," and "Gethsemane Lutheran Church." Whether these represented three distinct churches is unclear from these records.