EFreeChurch.com - Online home of the Evangelical church of Embarrass, MN
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Evangelical Free Church of Embarass - Embarrass, Minnesota
Contact
- Web Shack Designs
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- Andover MN
- United States 55304
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- +1.6126258878
Description
Established in 1979, the Evangelical Free Church of Embarrass started out as a cell group Bible Study in the home of Ron and Verna Sutton. That small group of families quickly began to grow, and it became evident that God was starting an exciting new ministry. They started praying for a pastor who could shepherd them, and within a short time the Lord sent them a young man by the name of Marlin Bjornrud.
This small core group of believers decided to affiliate themselves with the Evangelical Free Church of America, and they met for a short while at the town hall in Embarrass, until the Aurora Baptist Church gave them their old church building. Property was purchased, the building was moved, and EFCE was officially born! We were in that building for only a short time, however, before it burned down in 1980. Ironically, Marlin had just preached from 1 Peter 1:7.
The building was completely detroyed by that blaze. Amazingly, one of the only things left intact after the smoke cleared was the old wooden cross at the front of the sanctuary. Our faith survived that "trial by fire" as well, and we moved on to build our current church and continue the work of ministry. Glory to God!
