IN THE LATE 1950s, the need for a church in the growing community of Brook Park Village, Ohio, was expressed by many people in answer to a telephone survey. To offer this new community Christian life and fellowship, an application was sent to the Regional Home Missions Committee of the National Lutheran Council to start a mission church. On August 31, 1957, 5.67 acres of land, on Smith Road at Sylvia Drive, was purchased by The American Lutheran Church (ALC), Ohio District Mission Board, for $21,000 for the future site of a Lutheran Church. A sign was erected on the vacant field. For over a year, people traveling Smith Road wondered if a church would ever become a reality. Meanwhile, the evangelism committees of neighboring ALC congregations, St. Paul – Berea, Puritas – Cleveland, and Divinity – Parma Heights, were busy making calls to people in Brook Park Village. (The American Lutheran Church was a predecessor denomination of RLC’s current denomination, the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America.)
RLC Anniversary Event
50th Anniversary of RLC Land Purchase
08/31/2007
40th Anniversary of RLC Dedication of Worship Center
05/26/2008
50th Anniversary of RLC First Meeting
08/23/2008
50th Anniversary of RLC Charter Meeting
11/30/2008
50th Anniversary of RLC Dedication of First Building
09/06/2009
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