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Renner Lutheran Church
The church in 2011, seen from the east
Country	United States
Denomination	ECLA
Website	www.rennerlutheran.com
History
Founded	1868 (1868)
Architecture
Years built	1878
Renner Lutheran Sanctuary
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
NRHP reference No.	80003729
Added to NRHP	May 7, 1980

Renner Lutheran Church, also known as Nidaros Norwegian Evangelical Lutheran Church, is a historic church located in Renner, South Dakota. The church is listed on the National Register of Historic Places as Renner Lutheran Sanctuary. It is reportedly the oldest church in operation in South Dakota.

History

The church was founded as Nidaros Church in 1868. First located in the sod home Norwegian immigrants John and Kirsti Thompson, a church was later built on the prairie roughly 3 miles (4.8 km) south of Baltic, South Dakota. That church was later destroyed in a wind storm, and rebuilt in 1878. The original church's 100 foot steeple was believed to be the cause of its destruction, so a shorter steeple was selected during reconstruction. Additional churches were also constructed in the region to accommodate churchgoers, since frequent flooding along the Big Sioux River made travel difficult.

The church was moved to Baltic around 1911 or 1912, since the town had no church of its own at the time. It was moved a second time in 1939 to Renner, South Dakota, where it stands today. The church has been in continuous operation for more than 125 years, and is considered the oldest operational church in the state of South Dakota. It is part of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America denomination. The church's altar was constructed in 1886, and remains a central fixture in the sanctuary.

The church was renamed Renner Lutheran Church in 2009, to avoid confusion with the East and West Nidaros churches that were also part of the congregation.

See also

• List of the oldest churches in the United States
• List of the oldest buildings in South Dakota

References

1. "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
2. ^ "History of Renner Lutheran Church". Archived from the original on 2010-07-01. Retrieved 2010-07-25.
3. "Photos of Renner Lutheran Church". Archived from the original on 2010-07-01. Retrieved 2010-07-25.

External links

• Official website

v t e National Register of Historic Places in Minnehaha County, South Dakota
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Buildings	Commercial and Industrial Berg and Estensen Store 330 S. 1st Ave. 529 N. Main Carpenter Hotel Dell Rapids Warming House Farley-Loetscher Company Building Farley-Loetscher Company Building I First National Bank of Garretson Andrew Kuehn Warehouse L & A Baking Company L.D. Miller Funeral Home John Mundt Building Orpheum Theatre R.F. Pettigrew and S.L. Tate Building Phillips Block Plumbing Supply Company Dr. Fredrich A. Randolph Block Security Bank Building Shriver-Johnson Building Sioux Falls Light and Power Hydro Electric Plant Sioux Falls National Bank Building Gina Smith Campbell Bathhouse Stock Yards State Bank and Tri-State Wholesale Grocery Co. Texaco Super Service Station John W. Tuthill Lumber Company Education All Saints School Main Building Augustana College Historic Buildings Carnegie Free Public Library Carnegie Public Library Glidden-Martin Hall Grand Lodge and Library of the Ancient Free and Accepted Masons Jorden Hall South Dakota School for the Deaf Washington High School Government Central Fire Station East Site Fire Station and Branch Library Federal Building and United States Courthouse Odd Fellows Home of Dell Rapids Old Minnehaha County Courthouse South Dakota State Penitentiary Historic Buildings South Side Fire Station No. 3 Religious First Congregational Church Josephine Martin Glidden Memorial Chapel Renner Lutheran Sanctuary St. Peter's Lutheran Church Residential Andrew O. Huseboe House Austin-Olson Farm Berdahl-Rolvaag House Blackstone Court Apartments Marion E. Bowen House Brooks Brothers Home Margaret Burger Apartment House Edward Coughran House E.J. and Alice Daniels House Harrison DeLong House Ole E. Fauske House The Gloria House Orlan A. Hayward House Hans J. Hilmoe Barn LaSalle Apartments Daniel Lund House William G. Milne House Parmley-Pankow House Presentation Children's Home Grant J. Reynolds House Shafer Round Barn R.D. and Mary Springer House Stadum-Green House Dr. Steven's House Charles A. Thomas House Laura M. Welch House Williams Piano Company House Transportation Illinois Central Passenger Depot Rock Island Depot
Object	Valley Springs Rest Stop Tipi
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Footnotes	This entry has been removed from the register.
See also: National Register of Historic Places listings in Minnehaha County, South Dakota and List of National Historic Landmarks in South Dakota

• Lutheran churches in South Dakota
• Churches on the National Register of Historic Places in South Dakota
• 1868 establishments in Dakota Territory
• Churches completed in 1878
• 19th-century Lutheran churches in the United States
• Churches in Minnehaha County, South Dakota
• Norwegian-American culture in South Dakota
• National Register of Historic Places in Minnehaha County, South Dakota