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rev. toivo pajala fonds
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1934 - 1985 (creation)
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approximately 1.1 m of textual records; 20 audio cassettes; approximately 20 photographs.
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records of reverend toivo johannes pajala (1903-1972), minister of saalem pentecostal church.
toivo pajala was born dec 31, 1903, in vimpeli, finland. his family was lutheran, with some ties to the pentecostal church. pajala migrated to canada at age 19, and was in port arthur at least by 1923. for many years he made a living as a bushworker.
religion became an important part of pajala's life: he became laestadian, then pentecostal. he attended the western bible college in winnipeg for two years, and then was ordained in 1946 in toronto. he married his wife sylvia in 1949 shortly before returning to port arthur.
from 1949 to 1963, pajala was pastor of saalem finnish pentecostal church in port arthur. in 1951, he established a finnish-language pentecostal radio program on ckpr, particularly reaching bushworkers and others in rural areas, and people unable to leave their homes. he was also well known for supporting immigrants to the region, and providing funeral services when others would not.
pajala spent 1963-1967 as a pastor in waukegan, illinois. after 1967, he officially retired, and returned to port arthur, where he was still active in the church. his death was in 1972.
most of the records in this fonds relate to either pajala's religious education in the 1940s (organized by class or by notebook) or the sermons he gave in finnish or english, in port arthur and by radio (organized loosely by theme.)
the last few files of the fonds relate to a project after pajala’s death: to interview those who knew him and memorialize him. the book “kansanpappi toivo pajala,” written by tellervo kähärä and available in the library, is a result of that work.
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some material may be under copyright.
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- pajala, toivo (subject)
- western bible college, winnipeg (subject)
- saalem pentecostal church (subject)