Norwegian Lutheran Church of America. Board of Foreign Missions.

See also ELC 4 Administrative History.

Initial interest in China mission work stemmed from the work of Norwegian missionary Ole Syverson Nestegaard. One church that became particularly interested was Hauge's Norwegian Evangelical Lutheran Synod in North America (Hauge Synod). It brought the question of establishing its own mission in China before its 1890 annual meeting. The church was not prepared to undertake the work, but several interested parties talked of forming a missionary society for Norwegian Americans interested in such work.

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