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The parish in Antonino was organized in October 1904. A frame church building was erected and dedicated to "Our Lady of Help." Fr. Schebler said the first Mass in the new building on 25 March 1905. The founding membership of Our Lady of Help was composed almost entirely of former members of the parish in Munjor.

Construction on a new church building began in 1951 to replace the old frame structure. It was dedicated 26 May 1952.

In 1981, the church became a "mission parish" of Immaculate Heart of Mary Parish and later St. Joseph's Parish in Hays.

Peace Lutheran Church was founded in 1889. Since 2007, it has been part of the Seeds of Faith Lutheran Parish that includes, along with Peace, Emmanuel Lutheran Church in Hoisington, First Lutheran Church in LaCrosse, and Hope Lutheran Church in Rush Center.

St. Paul Lutheran Church was originized in 1859 and has been affiliated with the Lutheran Church - Missouri Synod since 1881. The old St. Paul Lutheran Church building was constructed in 1904. It now serves as the home of the Thornton Historical Society.

Second United Brethren Church was founded by Volga German immigrants in the Jefferson Park neighborhood of northwest Chicago.

Second United became Calvary United Methodist Church which became Grace Korean United Methodist Church.

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Deutsche Evangelish Lutherischen Eden Gemeinde (Eden German Evangelical Lutheran Church) was officially organized on 19 May 1914 by Volga German families in the Jefferson Park area of northwest Chicago. Johann Karl Kramer (born in 1882 in Krasnoyar) served as its first president.

Our Lady of Victory Church was organized on September 10, 1906, as a mission of St. Edward parish. The Rev. Martin M. Lennartz cared for the small Catholic community, and celebrated Mass in a hall on the southeast corner of Milwaukee Avenue and Lawrence Avenue. In 1907 a cottage at 4741 N. Linder Avenue was acquired for use as a church. In March 1910, 20 lots at the present parish site were purchased, and construction began on a combination church-school building.

St. John Lutheran Church was organized in 1916 in the Jefferson Park neighborhood of Chicago.  The congregation was affiliated with the United Lutheran Church in America (ULCA).  It was dissolved in 1952. The building was eventually demolished.

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Argyle St. and Laramie Ave.
Jefferson Park (Chicago)

St. Paul Lutheran Church in Dolton is affiliated with the Lutheran Church - Missouri Synod.

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Lincoln Ave. near Cottage Grove
Dalton, Illinois

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Das Wolga Deutsche Evangelische Lutherische Zions Gemeinde von Maywood und Bellwood (Zion Lutheran Church of the Volga Germans) was organized by Rev. Gottfried Kempf, Mission Superintendent of the Wartburg Synod, on 29 November 1931. This congregation has disbanded.