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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.
Various Lutheran church bodies in the United States formed resulting from immigration waves from various countries. For instance, members of the Lutheran Church in America (LCA) (centered in New York City, New York, and Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) were largely descendants of immigrants in the colonial and mid-19th century period.
This group, the largest Lutheran church body in the United States at the time, provided the bulk of the eventual LCA's membership. The Finnish Evangelical Lutheran Church of America (Suomi Synod), established in 1890. The American Evangelical Lutheran Church, traditionally a Danish-American Lutheran denomination, established in 1872.
Gateway Church is considered the largest megachurch in the United States, with an average weekly attendance of 100,000.. This is a list of the largest megachurches in the United States with an attendance of more than 10,000 weekly, sometimes also termed a gigachurch.
The Icelandic Synod (1885) also joined the United Lutheran Church in America in 1942. It was the largest Lutheran denomination in the United States for most of the first half of the 20th century. Prior to the formation of the ULCA, the original three synods had formed various committees between 1877 and 1902 to coordinate activities.
Evangelical Lutheran Church of Finland – 3.5 million [94] [95] Evangelical Lutheran Church in America – 2.8 million [96] [97] Lutheran Church of Christ in Nigeria – 2.2 million [98] Evangelical Lutheran Church of Papua New Guinea – 1.8 million [99] Lutheran Church – Missouri Synod – 1.7 million [100]
The ELCA is the product of a series of mergers and represents the largest (3.0 million members) Lutheran church body in North America. The ELCA was created in 1988 by the uniting of the 2.85-million-member Lutheran Church in America, 2.25-million-member American Lutheran Church, and the 100,000-member Association of Evangelical Lutheran ...
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.