North Dakota Synagogue Invites Homeless Lutheran Church To Share Worship Space

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Temple Beth El in Fargo, N.D., above, offered a home to a Lutheran church in need. (Facebook)

Fargo – A Reform synagogue in Fargo, North Dakota, invited a Lutheran church there to share its worship space.

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The invitation from Temple Beth El came after St. Mark’s Lutheran church found itself without a regular home for the third time in six years, local news station KVRR reported. The arrangement began last month, but the two congregations held a dedication service and potluck on Sunday.

The church will play rent to the synagogue.

“Talk about the wandering Jews. They’ve been the wandering Lutherans,” Temple Beth El Rabbi Janeen Kobrinsky told KVRR. “They looked for like 47 or 48 places before they found us. And we, our whole board, everyone, was just like, ‘Yes, let’s do it. We’re on board,’”

The temple board voted in July to invite the church to share its building and sanctuary.

“Historically, Christians and Jews have not always had a good relationship,” Pastor Joe Larson said. “The church has done many things to hurt the Jewish community, so for them to be so welcoming is really incredible.”

St. Mark’s and Temple Beth El plan to work together on interfaith programs such as serving the homeless and helping refugees, according to the report.

(JTA/Marcy Oster)


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4 years ago

Interfaith goes against any real religion. Real religions are exclusive.

Yitz
Yitz
4 years ago

The headline is 8ncorrect. Its not a synagogue. Its a temple. Big difference

judith
judith
4 years ago

That is accurate ,but please make it clear that you are referring to Martin Luther, and not Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.

ERCSD
ERCSD
4 years ago

You bring up comments that were made 500 years ago. We aren’t living in the middle ages any more.
It’s a nice thing that they did-it’s called being neighborly. This is Fargo, North Dakota not Monsey, NY.

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4 years ago

This is in response to whom?

lazy-boy
lazy-boy
4 years ago

what do you expect from Deform Jews? They will help them in putting up their cross and preparing their treif food in the temple’s kitchen and who knows even inter-marry…..

Zimre
Zimre
4 years ago

In other news, after the Orthodox Duluth Minn shul Adas Israel burned down,
Pastor David Carlson of Gloria Dei Lutheran Church, three blocks east, empathized with the immediate plight of Adas Israel Congregation, and also offered space for the congregation to worship.

Joseph Kolakowski
Joseph Kolakowski
4 years ago

It is common for Reform and Conservative synagogues to rent space to churches. Often the churches have bigger attendance than the synagogues…

PaulinSaudi
PaulinSaudi
4 years ago

Nice to see people working together as neighbors.

I see the commentators here have decided who is and who is not a Jew.