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The NALC has established ecumenical dialogue with other Lutheran church bodies, such as the Lutheran Church–Missouri Synod, the Lutheran Church-Canada, and the Lutheran Congregations in Mission for Christ, as well as with the Roman Catholic Church, [26] [27] the Anglican Church in North America (ACNA), and the Eastern Orthodox Churches. [28]
However, most North American Lutherans belong to one of the three largest denominations, namely, the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America, the Lutheran Church – Missouri Synod, or the Wisconsin Evangelical Lutheran Synod.
In North Carolina, a group of five African-American Lutheran congregations had been associated with the Synod of North Carolina. On May 8, 1889, with the consent and promised support of that synod, the congregations organized the Alpha Synod of the Evangelical Lutheran Church of Freedmen in America. [29]
Lutheran denominations are Protestant church bodies that identify, to a greater or lesser extent, with the theology of Martin Luther and with the writings contained in the Book of Concord. Most Lutheran denominations are affiliated with one or more regional, national, or international associations, the largest of which—the Lutheran World ...
Church of the Lutheran Confession (CLC): Immanuel Lutheran College (Eau Claire, Wisconsin) Evangelical Lutheran Synod (ELS): Bethany Lutheran Theological Seminary (Mankato, Minnesota) North American Lutheran Church (NALC): North American Lutheran Seminary (Ambridge, Pennsylvania): housed at Trinity School for Ministry (Evangelical Anglican)
The differences between the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA) and the Lutheran Church–Missouri Synod (LCMS) arise from theological, historical, and cultural factors. The LCMS was briefly in fellowship with the former The American Lutheran Church, one of the ELCA predecessor bodies from 1969 to the early 1980s.
The first American Lutheran Church was formed in 1930 by a merger of the Evangelical Lutheran Synod of Iowa and Other States (est. 1854), the Lutheran Synod of Buffalo (est. 1845), and the Evangelical Lutheran Joint Synod of Ohio and Other States (established 1818 from Ministerium of Pennsylvania), with headquarters in Columbus, Ohio.
The Lutheran Church – Missouri Synod The LCMS logo (2020) Abbreviation LCMS Classification Protestant Orientation Confessional Lutheran Polity Synodical/modified congregational Structure National synod, 35 middle level districts, and local congregations President Matthew C. Harrison Altar and pulpit fellowship American Association of Lutheran Churches Evangelical Lutheran Church of Latvia ...