The Chicago and N. W. Railroad decided to move from their location to the present town of Kiron. It was decided at the same time to move the church. The church, was moved in 1899, to a piece of land donated by the railroad which was greatly appreciated. A parsonage was built and the cost including the moving of the church, was two thousand dollars. A. P. Hanson was pastor during this time and led the church in the largest financial proceeding it had gone through.

At the annual business meeting in 1908, the question of building' a new church was brought up. The old church had been used thirty-two years and the congregation was growing so the members felt the need for a new church. It was decided to build the church if the sum of seven thousand dollars could be raised. Rev. Lagerquist,the pastor at this time, worked with the members and in a few months the entire sum had been pledged. It was decided to begin working on the church immediately. A committee was appointed with Rev. Lagerquist as designer and superintendent, J. E. Engberg as foremen, assistants; P. Johnson, John Erickson, C. E. Engberg, Nels O. Larson, Alfred Clauson and C. S. Johnson.

The old church was torn down and the new church, after a number of months, was completed at the cost of $10,765.54. The church was dedicated December 4- 13, 1908. The church also gathered; for their annual prayer Conference,and the 40th anniversary of the church was celeberated.

One of the outstanding events of the church's history was he fact that the Swedish Baptist General Conference of America met in Kiron. This was outstanding because it is very seldom that a church of this size has the conference.
John Ring was the first pastor with a stated salary. He was responsible for doing much in the early work of the church.

The Kiron Baptist Sunday School was organized in the local school house.. C. J. Star was appointed superintendent. The school was dissolved in 1872, but it was later reorganized and has maintained an unbroken record since that time. The Swedish language was used until 1907, when the English language was adopted.

There was no attempt to start a society of this kind until in 1889. The first president was P. W. Weberg; treasurer, Alfred Clauson; and secretary, Emily Swanson. They met on a specified night every week.

On November 22, 1908, a committee of the Young People's Society and Rev. A. G. Lagerquist, met to discuss the library movement. The library board consisted of Rev. Lagerquist, Miss Florence Johnson, Miss Lillian Engberg, Miss Alice Sandberg, Edwin A. Johnson and Dr. W. A. Garner. Rules and regulations were made and it as decided to set aside two upper rooms in the church for the library. Miss Lillian Engberg was the first librarian.

The choir was fully organized on April 24, 1903. The choir has had an important part in all of the church's meetings. Some of the early choir members were Alfred Clauson, J. A. Engberg, Lillian Engberg and S. M. Sjogren. Mrs. Bryan Weberg is the present choir director.

At the monthly business meeting in March, 1943, it was approved of the congregation to remodel the main auditorium. Committees were appointed and under the leadership of J. A. Engberg, the work began. In 1949, the lower auditorium was remodeled and improved.

-By Genevieve Wilson, *Kiron High School*