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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 ...
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.
St. Paul Evangelical Lutheran Church (Appleton, Wisconsin) Appleton, Wisconsin: St. Peter's Evangelical Lutheran Church (Milwaukee, Wisconsin) Milwaukee, Wisconsin: Saint Stephen Evangelical Lutheran Church of Milwaukee: Milwaukee, Wisconsin: St. Lucas Evangelical German Lutheran Church and Cemetery: Wisconsin: St. Martini Evangelical Lutheran ...
Belief that the congregation is the right form of the Kingdom of God on earth, with no authority above it but the Word and the Spirit of God; Belief that Christian unity is a spiritual concept, not a man-made organization such as the World Council of Churches or the National Council of Churches .
Evangelical Lutheran Concordia English Synod (of Maryland, Virginia and West Virginia) Evangelical Lutheran Federation (disbanded 1998) [7] 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 ...
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 ...
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.
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).