Saint John’s Lutheran Church in Rich Valley, MN. This church a member congregation of the Lutheran Church-Missouri Synod (LCMS). A confessional Lutheran denomination that includes many self-identifying evangelicals, the LCMS distinguishes itself…
The sanctuary was dim, the only light coming from tiny square windows scattered along the walls, the artificial light reserved for the gilded dome of the sanctuary painted with an image of Christ, and the candles held by hand.
This example of Whipple Gothic architecture sits in the Lower Sioux Indian Community. It was built there in 1889 for a community of Dakota people returning after their exile in the aftermath of the Dakota War of 1862.