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Born: October 27, 1851 in Røjle Mark, Vejlby Parish, Odense County, Denmark. Parents: Christian Gottliebsen and Else Cathrine Nielsdatter. Died: September 27, 1929 at the Ebenezer Home in Brush, Colorado. Buried at Elk Horn, Iowa. Married: Jensine Larsen in 1881. Ordained: June 23, 1881 at Shell Rock, Iowa. Came to America in 1877. |
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Attended Augsburg Seminary in Minneapolis, Minnesota |
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Pastor at Our Savior's Lutheran Church in Coucil Bluffs, Iowa. |
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Pastor at Trinity Lutheran Church in Albert Lea, Minnesota, also served Brorson Danish Evangelical Lutheran Church and others during this time. |
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Pastor for congregations in Blair, Nebraska area. |
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President and theological professor at Trinity Seminary in Blair, Nebraska. |
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Pastor, briefly, a second time at Brorson Danish Evangelical Lutheran Church, among other congregations around Owatonna. |
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Chairman of the United Danish Evangelical Lutheran Church. |
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Pastor at Pella Lutheran Church in Omaha, Nebraska. |
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Pastor at Ebenezer Lutheran Church in Audubon, Iowa. |
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Named Kight of the Dannebrog by King Christian X of Denmark. |
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" Vink for Gennemlæsning af Bibelen" (Tips for Reading Through the Bible) by Rev. Christiansen, published at Blair, Nebraska. |
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Retired from active ministry and moved to Brush, Colorado. Served various terms as visitation and interim pastor. |
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"Recollections of Our Church Work" a U.D.E.L.C. History by Rev. Christiansen is posthumusly published. |
Quote below taken from: Recollections of Our Church Work, page 117:
"Also in St. Ansgar's near Geneva, and in Brorson Church near Blooming Prairie the Lord worked through His Spirit and His Word to the slavation of many. For a while I was about to despair of the people of Geneva. They closely resembled those of whom Stephen said, 'Ye stiff-necked and uncircumcised in heart and ears' (Acts 7:51). Drinking, card-playing, etc., characterized them for a while. But the people at Brorson were more churchly and more receptive for the Word of God. The very first evening I preached to those people I felt distinctly that here was fertile soil for the 'good seed,' for while I preached many a tear stole its way down the cheeks of listeners. Nor did it take long before an awakening came here, too, bringing salvation to many."
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