Background
Ryden, Ernest Edwin was born on September 12, 1886 in Kansas City, Missouri, United States. Son of August and Emma Sophia (Peterson) Ryden.
Ryden, Ernest Edwin was born on September 12, 1886 in Kansas City, Missouri, United States. Son of August and Emma Sophia (Peterson) Ryden.
Bachelor of Arts, Augustana College and Theological Seminary, Rock Island, Illinois, 1910, Bachelor of Divinity, 1914, Doctor of Divinity, 1931.
Reporter Kansas Missouri World, 1904. With telegraph department Knights of Columbus Southern Railway, 1905-1907. Telegraph editor Moline (Illinois) Dispatch, 1910-1911.
Ordained Lutheran ministry at Sycamore, Illinois, 1914. Pastor Grace and Holy Trinity chs., Jamestown, New York, 1914-1920, Gloria Dei Church, St. Paul, 1920-1934. Editor Lutheran Companion (official organ Augustana Church), Rock Island, 1934-1961.
Editor Lutheran Outlook (organ American Lutheran Conference), 1943-1947. Director bureau of press, radio and television Augustana Church, Minneapolis, Minnesota since 1961. Lutheran camp pastor, Camp Wadsworth, Spartanburg, South Carolina., World War I.
Member Jamestown Board of Health, 1917-1919. President American Lutheran Conference, 1938-1942, National Lutheran. Member Augustana History Society, Hymn.
Society American, American-Scandinavian Foundation. Clubs: Rotary, After Dinner.
Married Agnes Elizabeth Johnson, June 23, 1914. Children: Cecile Elizabeth (Mistress Philip A. Johnson), Richard Edward (deceased), Jean Agnes (Mistress Lewis Eley), Hope Elaine, Ernest Edwin.