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Over 40 different Lutheran denominations currently exist in North America. 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 2008 OLCA was renamed as the Independent Lutheran Diocese. The ILD currently consists of eight churches. As of 2022, there were 22 pastors serving in the United States along with three international pastors in Canada, Japan and Australia, with three church bodies in altar and pulpit fellowship in India and Myanmar.
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 ...
The Archbishop holds authority throughout Estonia, assisted by Bishops of regional dioceses, [1] including the Extra-Estonian Diocese, which had been a separate church until 2010. [2] The College of Bishops is usually larger, due to the practice of giving most retiring Bishops the status of Bishop Emeritus (or Archbishop Emeritus ).
Evangelical Lutheran Diocese of North America: 2006--[280] United States: General Lutheran Church: 2014 [302] [285] United States: Illinois Lutheran Conference: 1979--[286] United States: Independent Lutheran Diocese [J] 2008--[287] United States: Laestadian Lutheran Church [I] 1973--[288] United States: Latvian Evangelical Lutheran Church in ...
The Evangelical Lutheran Diocese of North America (ELDoNA) is a confessional Lutheran church body in the United States.There are twenty-eight pastors in the diocese, serving congregations in Alaska, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, New Mexico, North Carolina, Oregon, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, and Wisconsin plus Colombia and the Philippines.
The Lutheran Ministerium and Synod – USA (LMS-USA) is a small Lutheran Christian denomination based in the United States. Its congregations are mostly located in the Upper Midwest , and the church body maintains its official headquarters in Indianapolis , Indiana .
Lutheran Congregations in Mission for Christ (LCMC) is an association of Lutheran congregations located primarily in the United States. It describes itself as an affiliation of autonomous Lutheran churches and not a denomination. [4] It began in 2001 in response to some liberal views of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA).