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Lutheran churches of Scandinavian origin, such as the Church of Sweden and Church in Kenya, affirm apostolic succession and are in the historical episcopate; [3] nevertheless, some within the ELCA argued that the historical episcopate would contradict the doctrine that the church exists wherever the Word of God is preached and sacraments are ...
The Lutheran Church in America (LCA) was created in 1962 by a merger among the United Lutheran Church in America (created in 1918 by an earlier merger of three German Lutheran synods in the eastern U.S.); Augustana Evangelical Lutheran Church, of Swedish ethnicity with some dating to the colonial era; the Finnish Evangelical Lutheran Church of ...
American Evangelical Lutheran Church; American Lutheran Church (The American Lutheran Church [1960–1987]) American Lutheran Church (1930) (1930–1960) Anti-Missourian Brotherhood; Association of Evangelical Lutheran Churches (AELC 1978–1987) Augustana Catholic Church (ALCC) Augustana Evangelical Lutheran Church
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Evangelical Lutheran Church of Augsburg Confession in Russia [J] 2006--[258] South Africa: United Lutheran Church in South Africa [I] 1997--[259] Sudan: Evangelical Lutheran Church in Sudan and South Sudan [H] [K] 1993: 20,000 [260] [261] [262] Serbia: Evangelical Christian Church of Augsburg Confession in Serbia 1998 10000 Sweden: Concordia ...
Bishops of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America, for example, lay claim to the apostolic succession through the laying on of hands by Lutheran bishops in the historic episcopate, with bishops from the Moravian Church and Episcopal Church being present too as the full communion agreement came into fruition at that time.
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The American Association of Lutheran Churches (AALC, also known as The AALC or TAALC) is a Lutheran church body based in the United States. It was formed on November 7, 1987, as a continuation of the American Lutheran Church denomination, the majority of which merged with the Lutheran Church in America and the Association of Evangelical Lutheran Churches to form the Evangelical Lutheran Church ...