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On June 22, 1851, Rev. C. L. Clausen arrived at the settlement which would eventually become the city of Westby, Wisconsin and held services in a local barn. [4] Two years later on July 12, 1853, Coon Prairie Lutheran Church was established by Pastor Nels Brandt and the first pastor of the congregation was Rev. H. A. Stub in 1855. [4]
Lutheran Free Church (1897–1963) Lutheran Synod of Buffalo (1845–1930) National Evangelical Lutheran Church; National Lutheran Council (NLC) Norwegian Augustana Synod; Pennsylvania Ministerium (Ministerium of Pennsylvania) (1748–1918) Slovak Zion Synod, exists as one of 65 synods of the ELCA; Synod of the Norwegian Evangelical Lutheran ...
The Association of Free Lutheran Congregations (AFLC) is the sixth largest Lutheran church body in the United States. The AFLC includes congregations from the former Lutheran Free Church in 27 different U.S. states and four Canadian provinces. The AFLC is not an incorporated synod, but a free association. Each local congregation is a separate ...
WordAlone is a network of congregations and individuals originating within the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA), the largest Lutheran denomination in the United States. Some congregations are still members of the denomination, but many churches have left and or joined other denominations such as Lutheran Congregations in Mission ...
Lutheran Services in America was founded in 1997 by the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA) and Lutheran Church–Missouri Synod (LCMS). While it leads a network of organizations rooted in five centuries of Lutheran theology, many of which were founded more than 150 years ago, the Lutheran Services in America network offers services to people of all backgrounds.
The Evangelical Lutheran Church in America consists of 65 synods which are configured into nine regional offices. Each of the synods of the ELCA elects one bishop and three synod council officers at its Synod Assembly to oversee the spiritual and organizational activities of its member congregations. [1]
First United Lutheran Church is a congregation of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA), located in San Francisco, California. Formed in 1886 as the Women's Memorial Church, it was the first Lutheran congregation in California to use English as its primary language for worship. In 1990, First United was suspended, and later expelled ...
The Order of Lutheran Franciscans (OLF) is a religious order affiliated with the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA), founded in 2011.. The Order is open to members of ELCA Lutheran congregations, married or single, lay or ordained, who vow to live according to "the spirit and practice" of the Evangelical Counsels of Poverty, Chastity and Obedience, as interpreted by the Order.