Survey work conducted in the summers of 1921 and 1922 showed the need for an English-language Lutheran congregation in Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario.  The first worship service for Zion Lutheran took place during the summer of 1922, with more services to follow in the spring and summer of 1923.

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The congregation officially was organized as Zion English Evangelical Lutheran Church on Sunday, September 9, 1923