Svenska Baptist Församlingens i Bellingham, Washington, Adress-Kalender 1908 (“Swedish Baptist Church in Bellingham, Washington, Address-Calendar”) [Cover title.]

Bellingham, WA: Svenska Baptist Church, 1908. 5 3/8” x 2½”. Stapled wrappers. Pp. 12. Good plus: wrappers lightly soiled; oxidation of staples; spotting and toning to pages; one small handwritten notation.

This is a small booklet of member addresses, church activities, and information pertaining to the first Swedish Baptist Church in Bellingham, Washington, in 1908. Amidst the influx of European immigration to the United States in the late 1800s, many Scandinavians settled in the Pacific Northwest. In December 1889, the Swedish Baptist Conference of the North Pacific Coast was organized, which included churches in Portland, Tacoma, Dogfish Bay, Dakota Creek and Seattle. The following year, the Conference sent missionary August Sandell to Bellingham to begin a Baptist church there. The church was renamed “Northwest Baptist Church” in 1960 and is still open to this day.

The booklet includes weekly meeting and prayer schedules as well as a printed a list of parish officials, trustees, and Sunday school officials. It also features a member directory, which included some businesses, as well as a discussion of church finances.

OCLC and Google searches reveal no copies. Rare ephemera documenting the first Swedish Baptist church in this Pacific northwest town. Good +. Item #5825

Price: $175.00