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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]
The Evangelical Lutheran Joint Synod of Ohio and Other States, commonly known as the Joint Synod of Ohio or the Ohio Synod, was a German-language Lutheran denomination whose congregations were originally located primarily in the U.S. state of Ohio, later expanding to most parts of the United States. The synod was formed on September 14, 1818 ...
Latvian Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (LELCA) Lutheran Church – Canada (LCC) Lutheran Church – International (LC-I) Lutheran Church – Missouri Synod (LCMS) Lutheran Churches of the Reformation (LCR) Lutheran Conference of Confessional Fellowship (LCCF) [6] Lutheran Congregations in Mission for Christ (LCMC) Lutheran Orthodox ...
The Synodical Conference was founded at St. John's Evangelical Lutheran Church in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, a member at that time of the Wisconsin Synod.. In October 1870 the Ohio Synod contacted the Illinois, Missouri, Norwegian, and Wisconsin synods to see if they would be interested in a union of Midwestern confessional synods.
The Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA) has seven seminaries: Lutheran School of Theology at Chicago (Illinois) Lutheran Theological Southern Seminary (Columbia, South Carolina): merged with Lenoir–Rhyne University; Luther Seminary (St. Paul, Minnesota)
Pages in category "Evangelical Lutheran Church in America synods" The following 34 pages are in this category, out of 34 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
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 Northwest Synod was divided into three conferences: Central Conference, Western Conference, and Wisconsin Conference. [2] The Northwestern Lutheran Theological Seminary (also known as the Chicago Lutheran Divinity School) was founded in Chicago, Illinois, in 1920 and was moved a year later to Fargo, North Dakota, and the following year, to ...