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St. Olaf Student Congregation |
History"The Church is a people created by God in Christ, empowered by the Holy Spirit, called and sent to bear witness to God's creative, redeeming and sanctifying activity in the world." --ELCA Statement of Purpose  Boe Memorial Chapel before its 2007 renovation The St. Olaf College Student Congregation was organized in the spring of 1952 as the center of the spiritual community at the college. It exists to help students encounter the Christian Gospel and hear for themselves God's call to faith, as college is often the first significant long-term absence from home for many students. Bearing witness to God's love is the main focus of the congregation. Through the programs of the congregations, students motivated by Christian love are active in outreach concerns, engaged in dialogue regarding the application of the Christian faith to current issues and seeking to make worship an integral part of life. In the spring of 1989, the congregation voted to become a Reconciled in Christ congregation by accepting an "affirmation of welcome" which publicly welcomes and affirms gay and lesbian people as children of God and participating members of our congregation. Find out more about Reconciled in Christ congregations. |