A New Apostolic Church Splits from Original Congregation
Following an internal disagreement, a large group of members has organized a separate Apostolic church in Lynden.
A new Apostolic Church is being erected on the corner of Liberty and Seventh streets. Owing to some disagreement in the first church of that denomination, over half of the members withdrew from it last week and have since perfected an organization and started this new church. The main part will be 50 by 42, and the wing, 16 by 24.
“Owing to some disagreement in the first church of that denomination, over half of the members withdrew from it last week.”
Church splits were a common occurrence in small, tight-knit Western towns of the early 1900s, often acting as the primary way for community members to express political or doctrinal dissent in an era before social media or modern civic forums.
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