Swedish Residential Language Camp
The Augustana Synod practiced a Lutheranism influenced by Pietism. Other immigrants thought that Augustana was still as well Lutheran, and sought a freer sort of Christian organization that relied additional heavily on Pietist traditions. Both within and outdoors Augustana congregations these immigrants formed Mission Societies that have been the core of future congregations. In the course of the 1870s and 1880s, despite the wishes of Augustana leaders, this movement broke away from Augustana and Lutheranism, forming independent congregations. The movement…