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A map of the nine ELCA regions. Note that the Slovak Zion Synod falls under Region 7 and the Bahamas and the Caribbean under Region 9.. The Evangelical Lutheran Church in America consists of 65 synods which are configured into nine regional offices.
The Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA) is a mainline Protestant church headquartered in Chicago, Illinois. ... A map of the nine ELCA regions.
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Christ Church, Windhoek, a historical landmark and Lutheran church in Windhoek, Namibia, belonging to the German-speaking Evangelical Lutheran Church in Namibia. Namibia has the highest proportion of Lutherans of any country in Africa, at about 50% of the country's population, and is the only country outside Europe to have a Lutheran majority.
Evangelical Lutheran Concordia English Synod (of Maryland, Virginia and West Virginia) Evangelical Lutheran Federation (disbanded 1998) [7] Evangelical Lutheran General Synod of the United States of America (1820–1918) Evangelical Lutheran Joint Synod of Ohio (and Other States) (1818–1930) Evangelical Lutheran Synod of Maryland (1820–1918 ...
The Lutheran World Federation (LWF) is the largest association of national and regional Lutheran church bodies in the world. Founded in 1947 by 47 church bodies from 26 countries, [ 3 ] the LWF has grown to include 145 church bodies in 98 countries.
This is a list of Lutheran dioceses and archdioceses currently active, grouped by national (or regional) church, and showing the titles of the bishops of those dioceses. Where relevant, the metropolitan bishop or primate is listed first.
From the time of its founding in 1847, for eight years until 1854, the LC-MS held annual synod-wide conventions. However, given the rapid growth in number of confessional Evangelical Lutheran congregations and the large geographic area then covered by the synod in its first decade in the United States, from the States of Iowa in the west, to western New York state in the northeast, and from ...