About The Church

The Littlefork Evangelical Free Church traces its roots back to two country churches - the Meadowbrook Congregational Church and the Lindford Swedish Evangelical Church. The Meadowbrook Church, founded in 1913, with similar views on local church governmental independence and missionary zeal found a warn reception with the Littlefork Evangelical Free Church. In fact, the National Congregational Church sent many missionaries into Scandinavian settlements, and started many churches that later developed into E.F. Churches.

It was Mrs. Axel Stinkvist who organized and taught the first Sunday Schools in Meadowbrook Township around 1908. In 1917, the church was built, and then dedicated by Rev. Carl Burquist.

In 1928, the Swedish E.F. Church began in Lindford, and by 1937, was sharing pastors with Meadowbrook Congregational Church. A common fellowship was established between the two churches.

The Lindquist Brothers (Edseland Royal) and Fred Rodman started services in a rented Littlefork store during 1947. Officially, this was the birth of the Littlefork Evangelical Free Church, while unofficially, it may claim the 1913 Congregational Church as its starting date based on similar creeds, church government style, and attending families.

October 16, 1954, saw the completion and dedication of the LEFC church building. It had taken many hours of volunteer labor, which included logging the timber, sawing it on Jean Vessey's sawmill, and then both men and women constructing the new building. Overseeing the project was Pastor Eugene Fanberg.

The year 1960, saw the Sunday School attendance hit an all time high yearly average of 77.4 students. The surrounding community was populated with many small farms and the economy was expanding. In this era, a new hospital emerged, the school was receiving new additions, and the city built a liquor store. Rev. Curtis Anderson encouraged each family to gather up a carful of neighboring kids to bring in to Sunday School.

In 1976, the LEFC congregation was building again. This time a foyer was added t to existing structure. Then, almost 20 years later, when all possibilities of further additions and new buildings seemed a part of the glorious past, God changed the direction of the church again.

The Littlefork school decided to expand and modify its building. The construction plans included the land where the church stood. After prayerfully seeking God's will, it became clear He had paved the way for a new, and more modern building.

The school took possession of the old church building almost immediately, and for the next seven months, services were held in the church parsonage.

On February 16, 1996, the first Sunday worship service was conducted in the new building. It had taken the cooperating efforts of many friends in the community to complete the spacious, single level church building. Many former pastors, people from the neighboring E.F. churches, and community friends sharing in praising God for His abundance toward us were present at the church dedication on March 24, 1996.

LEFC Ministry Goals:

To preach the gospel
To bind up the brokenhearted
To proclaim freedom for those taken captive by sin
To tell of the Lord's grace
To proclaim God's wrath is coming
To provide for those who grieve