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Synod Name Area Bishop Membership Congregations Alaska Synod Alaska: Timothy Oslovich [2] 7,806 [3] 30 [3] Northwest Washington Synod Northwest Washington: Shelley Bryan Wee [4] 29,340 [5] 98 [5] Southwestern Washington Synod Southwest Washington: Richard E. Jaech [6] 23,365 [7] 84 [7] Northwest Intermountain Synod Eastern Washington, Idaho ...
Mpls-synod.org of the ELCA; Mindekirken's listing at the ELCA's Minneapolis Synod web site; Mindekirken is centrally located in the Ventura Village neighborhood in the Phillips Community Archived 2011-08-02 at the Wayback Machine of Minneapolis, Minnesota. Photos. Norwegian Lutheran Memorial Church at the Minnesota Historical Society
Within the ELCA the term synod refers to the middle judicatory, which is referred to in some other denominations as "presbyteries", "districts", "conferences" or "dioceses" (the most ancient and traditional term in Christianity). In other Christian churches, the term "synod" is used for a meeting or conference of ministers such as priests or ...
Christ Church Lutheran is a congregation of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA) in Minneapolis.Its buildings—a sanctuary with chapel (1949) and an education wing (1962) designed by Finnish-American architects Eliel Saarinen and Eero Saarinen—have been internationally recognized, most recently in 2009 as a National Historic Landmark by the U.S Department of the Interior.
The Evangelical Lutheran Synod (ELS) is a US-based Protestant Christian denomination based in Mankato, Minnesota. It describes itself as a conservative , Confessional Lutheran body. The ELS has 130 congregations and has missions in Peru, Chile, India, South Korea, Ukraine, Czech Republic, and Latvia.
The first American Lutheran Church was formed in 1930 by a merger of the Evangelical Lutheran Synod of Iowa and Other States (est. 1854), the Lutheran Synod of Buffalo (est. 1845), and the Evangelical Lutheran Joint Synod of Ohio and Other States (established 1818 from Ministerium of Pennsylvania), with headquarters in Columbus, Ohio.
A City Set on the Hill, A History of the Evangelical Lutheran Synod (Norwegian Synod) 1918-1968. Nichol, Todd W. All These Lutherans (Minneapolis, MN: Augburg Publishing House, 1986) Nelson, E. Clifford, and Fevold, Eugene L.
Evangelical Lutheran General Synod of the United States of America (1820–1918) Evangelical Lutheran Joint Synod of Ohio (and Other States) (1818–1930) Evangelical Lutheran Synod of Maryland (1820–1918 / 1918–1962 / 1962–1987) Evangelical Lutheran Synod of Iowa (1854–1930) Evangelical Lutheran Synodical Conference of North America