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The History of Martin Luther Evangelical Lutheran Church, Toronto
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The character of our Church has been shaped by its
German immigrants and broadened to include the local community. In our history there have been those who had a vision they considered
worth struggling to realize: gathering into our Christian community the thousands of
German speaking immigrants, reaching, and serving the immediate local community and gathering Lutherans and other Christians from all sectors of this cosmopolitan
city. The vision has always been large, although at any one time we have always been a small congregation.
English and German has equal status but the ability to speak German is a requirement in the Pastoral.
The Era Of German Immigration (1951-1961)
During its first years, Martin Luther looked to the multitude of
German immigrants for growth and development. They came by the
hundreds in the early years but the numbers dwindled. The newcomers built a
small strong congregation. Sons and daughters have
moved on to other parts of the province and country.
Housing the Church (1955) Pastor Karl Wulf
We had no church of our own for the first 4 years and
renting a church never replaced the desire to
have an appropriate place of worship of our own. In 1962 an existing church
with seating for 500 was purchased and renovations began in July 1962 at
our current location of Lakeshore Blvd West near
Superior Ave.
In 1962 we became part of the Evangelical
Lutheran Church in Canada in the Eastern Synod.
Access For All (1998-1999)
To integrate the church with all members of the community, we
made the church wheelchair assessable. The congregation
supported a project to modify the front entrance and install an elevator to allow access to each floor
(except the organ loft).
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