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Zion's congretation was organized "I Jesu Navn" ('In Jesus' Name' in Norwegian) on November 22, 1871 in the log schoolhouse which once stood near the current East Zion Cemetery shed.
Pastor Peter Reque was called as the first minister. According to his diary, he was already serving Nora, Inherred, Lake Johanna, Chippewa Falls and Stevens County, Douglas Station and had made visits to each settlement earlier in the month of November, 1871.
Forty nine men and one woman were listed as charter members. In 1883, to better serve the growing number of pioneer families in the area, Zion congregation elected to become East Zion and West Zion congregations. They remain "sister" congregations and have more recently affilited with Shepherd of the Hills Lutheran Church in Swift Falls, MN