Background
Ordal, Zakarias J. was born on March 11, 1875 in near Bergen, Norway. Son of Johannes Johanneson and Martha (Sandal) Ordal.
Ordal, Zakarias J. was born on March 11, 1875 in near Bergen, Norway. Son of Johannes Johanneson and Martha (Sandal) Ordal.
Brought to American, 1880. Bachelor of Arts, Luther College, Decorah, Iowa, 1898, postgraduate, 1898-1899. Graduate Luther Seminary, St. Paul, 1902.
Visiting leading schools in the United States, 1911-1912. Studied Teachers College (Columbia University).
Ordained to Lutheran ministry, 1902. Pastor Luverne, Minnesota, 1902-1903. Assistant to manager Lutheran Public House, Decorah, Iowa, 1903-1905.
Pastor Paint Creek, Iowa, 1905-1908. President Lutheran Normal School, Sioux Falls, South Dakot, 1908-1917. Pastor of Rush River Parish, River Falls, Wisconsin, since 1917.
Editor Evangelisk Luthersk Folkekalder, 1906, 07, Skoleblad, 1911-1914. The Resurrection of Jesus an Historical Fact, 1923, also public in Chinese, 1929.
Member Board of Education Synod for Norwegian Evangelical Lutheran Church American, 1908-1917.
Married Sina Carlovna Wulfsberg, June 25, 1902. Children: Magnhild Esther, Dagny Christiane, Erling Joseph, Lillian Valborg, Selma Elizabeth, Zakarias Johan, Rolf Waldemar, Norman Jacob, Casper Reuben.