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The Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA) is a mainline Protestant church headquartered in Chicago, Illinois. The ELCA was officially formed on January 1, 1988, by the merging of three Lutheran church bodies.
Zion Evangelical Lutheran Church was a church in Chicago on 19th and Peoria streets in the Pilsen neighborhood. [1] The church was founded in 1850 and the current remains of the church are from 1880. [2] From roughly 1910 to 1941, Adolf Kuring served as the church's minister. [3]
Evangelical Lutheran Church in America, a mainline Protestant denomination in Chicago, Illinois Evangelical Lutheran Church (United States) , 1917–1960 Evangelical Lutheran Church (Frederick, Maryland)
Ephphatha Evangelical Lutheran Church of the Deaf “celebrates Jesus by ministering the Word of the Lord through the language of sign,” according to its mission statement.
The Lutheran School of Theology at Chicago was established on September 4, 1962, as the merger of four existing seminaries: the Augustana Evangelical Lutheran Church's Augustana Theological Seminary at Rock Island, Illinois, the American Evangelical Lutheran Church's Grand View Seminary at Des Moines, Iowa, the United Lutheran Church in America's (ULCA) Chicago Lutheran Theological Seminary at ...
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)
Augustana Hospital (also known as Deaconess Institution of the Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church and Augustana Hospital and Deaconess Institution) was a hospital in Chicago, Illinois. Affiliated with the Augustana Evangelical Lutheran Church, it was established in 1882. [1] In 1987, Augustana Hospital merged with Advocate Lutheran General ...
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]