2836 KB42 KB199020251996Kuzmič, Mihaelštevilka:7str. 131-152ISSN:0353-6777COBISSID:4570925URN:URN:NBN:SI:doc-GL811SEKslInstitute for Slovene Emigration ResearchInštitut za slovensko izseljenstvoDve domovinievangeličanska cerkevluteranstvoPensilvanijaPrekmurjeSlovenciSlovenesslovenski izseljenciUnited States of AmericaZDASlovenska evangeličansko-luteranska cerkev svetega Ivana v Betlehemu, Pensilvanija, ZDA|In this article the author gives a presentation of the Prekmurian Protestant emigrants in Betlehem, Pennsylvania, who are gathered in their faith in the Slovene Evangelical Church of Saint John. After immigrating in the first decade of this century they organized themselves into an independant parish as early as 1910. They created a strong material base and had an active religious and (to a certain extent) community life, well organized cultural activities and societies, and variegated literary activities under the leadership of pastors William Lambert, Dr Ernest Stiegler and Dr Frank Flisser, all of whom spoke the Prekmurian dialect. Through their activities they succeeded in uniting their Prekmurian compatriots in the United States and in maintaining close ties with their old homes and the homeland of their ancestorsAvtor v svojem prispevku prikaže protestantski del prekmurskih izseljencev v Betlehemu v ameriški zvezni državi Pensilvaniji, ki so versko združeni v Slovenski evangeličanski cerkvi sv. Ivana. Po priseljevanju v prvem desetletju našega stoletja so se že leta 1910 organizirali v samostojno župnijo. Ustvarili so si trdno materialno osnovo, v materinščini so imeli živahno versko in (delno še) narodnostno življenje, dobro organizirano kulturno in društveno dejavnost ter pestro literarno dejavnost pod vodstvom treh prekmursko govorečih pastorjev: Williama Lamberta, dr. Ernesta Stieglerja in dr. Franka FlisserjaTEXTznanstveno časopisjejournalsSlovenian National E-content AggregatorNational and University Library of Slovenia