Lutheran church bodies in North America
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- AALC - American Association of Lutheran ChurchesAmerican Association of Lutheran ChurchesThe American Association of Lutheran Churches was formed on November 7, 1987 as an alternative choice for churches in The American Lutheran Church denomination who did not want to be part of the merger with two other Lutheran church bodies, Lutheran Church in America , & American Evangelical...
- ACLC - Association of Confessional Lutheran ChurchesAssociation of Confessional Lutheran ChurchesThe Association of Confessional Lutheran Churches was established in the early part of the 21st Century to meet the needs of Lutheran congregations that departed from the Evangelical Lutheran Synod when they considered a pastor to have been wrongly removed by that body.-Purpose:The root purpose of...
- ALCA - Apostolic Lutheran Church of AmericaApostolic Lutheran Church of AmericaThe Apostolic Lutheran Church of America is a Lutheran church established by Finnish-Americans in the early 20th century.The Finns came principally from northern Norway and were identified under the State Church. However, there were a number belonging to a party founded by Provost Lars Levi...
- AFLC - Association of Free Lutheran CongregationsAssociation of Free Lutheran CongregationsAssociation of Free Lutheran Congregations is the fifth largest Lutheran church body in the United States. The AFLC includes congregations in 27 different states, as well as four Canadian provinces. The AFLC is not an incorporated synod, but a free association. Each local congregation is a separate...
- ALCC - Anglo-Lutheran Catholic ChurchAnglo-Lutheran Catholic ChurchThe Anglo-Lutheran Catholic Church , formerly the Evangelical Community Church-Lutheran , is a church in the Lutheran Evangelical Catholic tradition. The ALCC claims to be unique among Lutheran churches in that it is of both Lutheran and Anglo-Catholic heritage and has also been significantly...
- ARC - Alliance of Renewal ChurchesAlliance of Renewal ChurchesThe Alliance of Renewal Churches is a connection of charismatic Lutheran churches. This movement emerged out of the Charismatic Movement and is focused in the Midwest and California; although there are members from all around the country.The Alliance of Renewal Churches is closely connected...
(charismatic/Pentecostal)
- CALC - Canadian Association of Lutheran Congregations
- CLA- Conservative Lutheran Association
- CLBA - Church of the Lutheran Brethren of AmericaChurch of the Lutheran Brethren of AmericaThe Church of the Lutheran Brethren of America is a Lutheran denomination of Christians rooted in a spiritual awakening at the turn of the 20th century. A spiritual revival swept through a large part of the Midwestern United States in the 1890s. Lutherans who were influenced by this fervor...
- CLC - Church of the Lutheran ConfessionChurch of the Lutheran ConfessionThe Church of the Lutheran Confession is a conservative Christian religious body theologically adhering to confessional Lutheran doctrine. Founded in 1960 in Minnesota, it has approximately 75 congregations in 24 U.S...
- CLC - Concordia Lutheran ConferenceConcordia Lutheran ConferenceThe Concordia Lutheran Conference is a small organization of Lutheran churches in the United States which formed in 1957. It was a reorganization of some of the churches of the Orthodox Lutheran Conference, which had been formed in September, 1951 in Okabena, Minnesota following a break with...
- Eielsen Synod - Eielsen SynodEielsen SynodThe Eielsen Synod was a Lutheran church body. It was founded in 1846 at Jefferson Prairie Settlement, Wisconsin by a group of Haugean Lutherans led by Elling Eielsen.-Background:...
- ELCA - Evangelical Lutheran Church in AmericaEvangelical Lutheran Church in AmericaThe Evangelical Lutheran Church in America is a mainline Protestant denomination headquartered in Chicago, Illinois. The ELCA officially came into existence on January 1, 1988, by the merging of three churches. As of December 31, 2009, it had 4,543,037 baptized members, with 2,527,941 of them...
- ELCIC - Evangelical Lutheran Church in CanadaEvangelical Lutheran Church in CanadaThe Evangelical Lutheran Church in Canada is Canada's largest Lutheran denomination, with 152,788 baptized members in 624 congregations, with the second largest, the Lutheran Church–Canada, having 72,116 baptized members...
- ELCM - Evangelical Lutheran Conference & Ministerium of North AmericaEvangelical Lutheran Conference & Ministerium of North AmericaEvangelical Lutheran Conference & Ministerium of North America is a Lutheran church body based in the US state of Pennsylvania. Currently the ELCM has active congregations in Pennsylvania and New York; as well as mission efforts across the United States. The ELCM has fellowship agreements with...
- ELDoNA - Evangelical Lutheran Diocese of North AmericaEvangelical Lutheran Diocese of North AmericaThe Evangelical Lutheran Diocese of North America is a confessional Lutheran church body in the United States. The ELDoNA was founded June 6, 2006 at a meeting held at Salem Lutheran Church, Malone, Texas. A second diocesan synod was held August 28 and 29, 2007. The was held at Christ Lutheran...
- ELF - Evangelical Lutheran Federation (disbanded 1998)http://www.stmarkshudson.org/about/history/4-history.html
- ELS - Evangelical Lutheran SynodEvangelical Lutheran SynodThe Evangelical Lutheran Synod or ELS is a US-based Protestant Christian denomination based in Mankato, Minnesota, USA. It describes itself as a conservative, Confessional Lutheran body.-Membership:...
- EELK -Estonian Evangelical Lutheran ChurchEstonian Evangelical Lutheran ChurchThe Estonian Evangelical Lutheran Church is a Lutheran church in Estonia. EELC is member of the Lutheran World Federation...
- GCEPC-The Lutheran Evangelical Protestant ChurchThe Lutheran Evangelical Protestant ChurchThe Lutheran Evangelical Protestant Church is a mainline Protestant denomination also known by its non profit corporation name the Evangelical Protestant Church .The earliest Lutherans in America came from Dutch, Swedish and German stock...
- ILC - Illinois Lutheran Conference http://www.illinoislutheranconference.org/
- ILF - International Lutheran FellowshipInternational Lutheran FellowshipThe Lutheran Church-International is an American religious denomination. Its president from 1966 to 1998 was Pastor E. Edward Tornow of North Dakota. It is was formerly known as the International Lutheran Fellowship. Its president is Archbishop Robert W. Hotes....
- LLC - Laestadian Lutheran ChurchLaestadian Lutheran ChurchThe Laestadian Lutheran Church is a religious Christian movement, its teachings based on the Bible and the Lutheran Confessions. From June 9, 1973, the organisation was name the Association of American Laestadian Congregations , before the association changed its name in 1994 in order better to...
- LELCA - Latvian Evangelical Lutheran Church in AmericaLatvian Evangelical Lutheran Church in AmericaThe Latvian Evangelical Lutheran Church in America is a Lutheran denomination, formed in 1957 as a federation, and reorganized in 1975 as a formal denomination. As of 2007, 12,000 congregants and 68 congregations of the church were present in the United States. It is headquartered in Milwaukee,...
- LCC - Lutheran Church - CanadaLutheran Church - CanadaThe Lutheran Church–Canada is a traditional, confessional Lutheran denomination in Canada. With about 70,000 members, it is the second-largest Lutheran body in Canada after the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Canada . The LCC was founded in 1988 when most Canadian congregations of the St...
- LCCF - Lutheran Conference of Confessional Fellowship http://www.lutheranlccf.org/
- LCMC - Lutheran Congregations in Mission for ChristLutheran Congregations in Mission for ChristLutheran Congregations in Mission for Christ is an association of Lutheran congregations in the United States. It began in 2000 in response to the liberalization of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America . LCMC is characterized by the traditional stances it takes on Lutheran polity, biblical...
- LCMS - The Lutheran Church - Missouri SynodLutheran Church - Missouri SynodThe Lutheran Church–Missouri Synod is a traditional, confessional Lutheran denomination in the United States. With 2.3 million members, it is both the eighth largest Protestant denomination and the second-largest Lutheran body in the U.S. after the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America. The Synod...
- LMS-USA - The Lutheran Ministerium and Synod - USALutheran Ministerium and Synod - USAThe Lutheran Ministerium and Synod - USA is a small Lutheran Christian denomination based in the United States. Its congregations are mostly located in the Upper Midwest, and the church body maintains its official headquarters in Indianapolis, Indiana.Founded in 1995, the LMS-USA is governed by...
- LCR - Lutheran Churches of the ReformationLutheran Churches of the ReformationLutheran Churches of the Reformation, LCR, is an association of Lutheran congregations. The LCR has its roots among groups of Lutherans that broke with the Lutheran Church - Missouri Synod in the middle of the 20th century, and was formally incorporated in 1964.- Core Beliefs :The Lutheran Churches...
- LCS - The Lutheran Confessional SynodLutheran Confessional SynodLutheran Confessional Synod was a Confessional Lutheran church, characterized by a strict interpretation of the Lutheran Confessions and a historical liturgy. Initially, it declared doctrinal agreement with the Wisconsin Evangelical Lutheran Synod and the Evangelical Lutheran Synod...
- NALC - North American Lutheran ChurchNorth American Lutheran ChurchThe North American Lutheran Church is a church body which claims to embody the theological center of Lutheranism in North America. It is committed to the authority of the Bible as the inspired Word of God and the authoritative source and norm of its proclamation, faith, and life...
- OLCC - Orthodox Lutheran Confessional ConferenceOrthodox Lutheran Confessional ConferenceThe Orthodox Lutheran Confessional Conference is a group of independent Lutheran congregations. The OLCC was organized in 2006 after their charter congregations left the Lutheran Churches of the Reformation.- Organizational structure :...
- Protestant Conference - Protes'tant ConferenceProtes'tant ConferenceThe Protes'tant Conference is a loose association of Lutheran churches and churchworkers in the United States. It was organized in 1927 by suspended former members of the Wisconsin Evangelical Lutheran Synod following an intrasynodical controversy...
- ULMA - United Lutheran Mission AssociationUnited Lutheran Mission AssociationThe United Lutheran Mission Association is a Lutheran church organization.-History:The United Lutheran Mission Association was established at a meeting in Chicago on July 16, 2005. There, representatives of two formerly LCMS congregations, Pilgrim Lutheran Church of Decatur, Illinois, and Redeemer...
- WELS - Wisconsin Evangelical Lutheran SynodWisconsin Evangelical Lutheran SynodThe Wisconsin Evangelical Lutheran Synod is a North American Confessional Lutheran denomination of Christianity. Characterized as theologically conservative, it was founded in 1850 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. As of 2008, it had a baptized membership of over 389,364 in more than 1,290 congregations,...
- WCLA - World Confessional Lutheran AssociationWorld Confessional Lutheran Association-History:The World Confessional Lutheran Association was established in 1965 by a group of pastors and lay people who were concerned about trends in the American Lutheran Church and other synods which were contrary to what they believed were the historical beliefs and practice of Lutheranism.In...
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Print Sources
- Brug, John F., Fredrich II, Edward C., Schuetze, Armin W., WELS and Other Lutherans. Milwaukee: Northwestern Publishing House, 1995. ISBN 0-8100-0543-3.
- Wiederaenders, Robert C., Historical Guide to Lutheran Church Bodies of North America, 2nd Edition Saint Louis: Lutheran Historical Conference, 1998.http://chi.lcms.org/sale/default.asp?c=Books
External links
- A Little Lecture on Little Little-Known Lutheran Synods by Edward C. Fredrich