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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; Evangelical Lutherans in Mission (1974–1978) Evangelical Lutheran Tennessee Synod
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.
The Synodical Conference was founded at St. John's Evangelical Lutheran Church in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, a member at that time of the Wisconsin Synod.. In October 1870 the Ohio Synod contacted the Illinois, Missouri, Norwegian, and Wisconsin synods to see if they would be interested in a union of Midwestern confessional synods.
The next two largest Lutheran denominations are the Lutheran Church–Missouri Synod (LCMS) (with over 1.7 million baptized members [8]) and the Wisconsin Evangelical Lutheran Synod (WELS) (with approximately 340,000 members). [9] There are also many smaller Lutheran church bodies in the United States, some formed by dissidents to the major ...
Wisconsin Evangelical Lutheran Synod (3 C, 9 P) Pages in category "Lutheran denominations in North America" The following 65 pages are in this category, out of 65 total.
The Evangelical Lutheran General Synod of the United States of America, commonly known as the General Synod, was a historical Lutheran denomination in the United States. . Established in 1820, it was the first national Lutheran body to be formed in the U.S. and by 1918 had become the third largest Lutheran group in the nat
The Lutheran Church – Missouri Synod (LCMS), also known as the Missouri Synod, [2] is a confessional Lutheran denomination in the United States.With 1.7 million members as of 2022 [4] it is the second-largest Lutheran body in the United States, behind the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America.
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.