History?
First organized March 13, 1898, as a Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church.
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1906 First full time Pastor
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1908 Land purchased at Hancock & Mifflin Streets
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1922 New Sanctuary completed, church renamed to Gloria Dei
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1923 Language change from Swedish to English
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1926 Name changed to Central Evangelical
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1963 New Messiah Church on Cottage Grove Rd held first worship service on Thanksgiving Eve
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1966 Messiah Church Preschool formed
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1990 Sanctuary remodeled
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2009 Expansion of Church, addition of new Sanctuary
- 2020 Renovation of the Education Wing, Community Room, Office space and addition of the Canopy