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Nelson Preus (1918-1999)
Head of North Dakota Branch of Dynastic Lutheran Church Leaders
A man who was a pastor in eastern North Dakota for nearly 20 years later served as bishop of the Eastern North Dakota District of the American Lutheran Church (ALC) and had come from a family that dominated Lutheran church politics in America. The great-grandfather of Nelson Preus was one of the founders of St. Olaf College and the Norwegian Lutheran Synod, which today is part of the Evangelical Lutheran Church of America, representing nearly 5,000,000 members. Nelson’s grandfather and father both served as presidents of Luther College, and his brother was president of the ALC from 1973 to 1987. An uncle of Nelson founded the Lutheran Brotherhood Insurance Company (Thrivent Financial for Lutherans), a cousin was president of the Missouri Synod branch of the Lutheran Church in America from 1969 to 1981, and another cousin was president of the Concordia Theological Seminary in Springfield, Illinois. Many other relatives served as pastors and college professors.
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