Gol Lutheran Church is a beautiful genuine hand cut stone Gothic style church that is by the side of the road - MN Highway #60 - 1 mile west of the intersection of Minnesota Highways #56 & 60, in Kenyon, and 13 miles due east of Faribault. We are easily reached by excellent roads - handicapped parking is at our front door - with wheelchair access throughout the church and social hall.

Gol Lutheran Church was founded in 1864 by Norwegian immigrants who came from Gol, Norway - the original location of the famous "stave kirke" of Gol - which is now in the outdoor Folk Museum in Oslo, Norway. "Gol" is the place name of an area in Hallingdal, Norway.

When the immigrants came to Goodhue County in southeastern Minnesota in the 1850's they came to some of the richest and most productive land in the world. This is the ancient meeting of the Big Woods of the East and the Prairie of the West. It was originally an oak savanna with abundant scattered groves of trees, prairie grasses and numerous streams that all lead to the Mississippi which is about 40 miles to the east. They strongly felt that God had led them to the "Promised Land" laden with milk and honey.

And so it is, some 140 years later, that we their descendents, still cherish and farm the land. Our church is our home. Many of our families have generations of ancestors at rest in our cemetery. We are a small family size church and we invite you to "become part of the family!"