SONGS OUT OF ZION: PART III
Songs out of Zion 56
Ye Lands, to the Lord 11 5 12 9
by REV. PETER FAUGSTAD, Contributing Writer SAUDE, JERICO & REDEEMER LUTHERAN CHURCHES, NE Iowa
Pastor Ulrik Vilhelm Koren (1826-1910) is best known among us as one of the founding fathers of the old Norwegian Synod. Koren arrived in America from Norway in 1853 just a couple months after the synod was officially organized. He was called to a general area in northeast Iowa, where Norwegian immigrants had settled. He traveled in all directions, gathering people into congregations. Two of those were Saude and Jerico, where I now serve. Along with his significant parish responsibilities, he also served in various leadership roles in the synod. When the Election Controversy troubled the synod in the 1880s, Koren took the lead in guiding the synod to a clear biblical and confessional statement on the doctrine of election. U.V. Koren
