Wilbur Lutheran Church (Wilbur, Wash.)

Wilbur Lutheran Church, organized in 1967, is a merger of three Lutheran congregations which were started at the turn of the century. A group of German Lutherans organized St. Paul's Lutheran in Wilbur in 1899, and in 1902 they affiliated with the Ohio Synod. The congregation built its first worship center in 1914 and was served from nearby Reardan for many years. In 1938 it was combined with Almira as a separate parish and in 1940 became an independent congregation. A Danish group began a congregation in Wilbur in 1904 and met in a small office building for worship and fellowship. They built their first church in 1916. They were without a resident pastor for many years. In 1949, the congregation was reactivated and secured a resident pastor, and the name was changed from Danish Lutheran to Trinity Lutheran. In 1967, this congregation merged with St. Paul's. A Norwegian Lutheran Church was organized in Creston and called its first pastor in 1905. They met in homes with Rev. L. O. Onerheim as the first resident pastor. The congregation voted to disband on December 7, 1942.

Wilbur Lutheran built a new church in 1973 when a large site on a hill overlooking the city was donated to the congregation.

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