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1886: founded in
San Francisco as Women’s Memorial Church by the Women’s Missionary Society of
the Lutheran General Synod (subsequently renamed First English Lutheran Church).
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1890: dedicated
first building on Geary Blvd between Octavia and Gough Streets
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1906: Great San
Francisco Earthquake, minor damage to church building. Church serves as medical
center for disaster victims
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1946: building
sold, congregation moves to San Francisco’s Richmond District; .
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1918: General
Synod merges with two other groups to form the United Lutheran Church in America
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1963: ULCA merges
with three other Lutheran denominations to form the Lutheran Church in America
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1988: LCA merges
with two other Lutheran Church bodies to form the ELCA
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1989-1990:
Extended call to Jeff Johnson; subsequent ecclesiastical trial by ELCA.
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1996: Church
expelled from Evangelical Lutheran Church in America following call to Jeff
Johnson.
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2007: Church
sells Geary Street property and begins meeting in chapel of First Unitarian
Universalist Church of San Francisco
