✦ Our Story
About Calvary
Lutheran Church
Our History
Calvary Lutheran Church was established to serve the spiritual needs of the Ulen community and the surrounding farm families of northwest Minnesota. Like many Lutheran congregations in this region, Calvary was founded by Scandinavian immigrants who carried with them a deep love for the Lutheran confessions, faithful preaching of the Word, and regular celebration of the Sacraments.
Through decades of ministry, the congregation has remained committed to confessional Lutheran theology — the same faith confessed in the Augsburg Confession, Luther's Small Catechism, and the Book of Concord. We have weathered the changes of many generations, and in each era, the heart of our ministry has remained constant: proclaiming the forgiveness of sins won for us by Jesus Christ, our Lord and Savior.
Today, Calvary Lutheran continues as a member congregation of the Evangelical Lutheran Synod (ELS), a church body that maintains faithful adherence to the inerrancy of Holy Scripture and the historic Lutheran confessions. We invite all who seek the Word of God to join us for worship.
Quick Facts
- Location
- Ulen, MN 56585
- County
- Clay County, Minnesota
- Synod
- Evangelical Lutheran Synod
- Worship
- Sunday, 8:00 AM
- Language
- English
- Confessional Basis
- Book of Concord (1580)
Rev. [Pastor Name]
Pastor
Calvary Lutheran Church
Called to Serve
Calvary Lutheran is blessed to have a pastor trained in the tradition of confessional Lutheranism. Our pastor is a graduate of Bethany Lutheran Theological Seminary in Mankato, Minnesota — the seminary of the Evangelical Lutheran Synod — and has been called to preach the Gospel and administer the Sacraments faithfully in accordance with the Lutheran confessions.
The pastoral office at Calvary Lutheran is held by a man ordained to the ministry of Word and Sacrament, in keeping with the teaching of Holy Scripture and the Lutheran confessional tradition.
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Evangelical Lutheran Synod
The Evangelical Lutheran Synod was organized in 1918 by Norwegian Lutheran immigrants who desired to maintain the historic Lutheran confessions without compromise. Today, the ELS consists of congregations across the United States and supports foreign missions in several countries. The synod operates Bethany Lutheran College and Bethany Lutheran Theological Seminary in Mankato, Minnesota.
Membership in the ELS means our congregation stands with a synod that holds to the inerrancy of Scripture, the Lutheran confessions in the Book of Concord, and the doctrine of justification by grace alone through faith alone — the heart of the Lutheran Reformation.
Learn More at ELS.org →