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	Laestadianism in America - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Laestadian church arrived in North America with Scandinavian (especially Finnish) immigrants in the latter half of the 19th century, many of whom arrived to work in the copper mines of the Keweenaw Peninsula.
		As a result, Laestadian congregations separate from the extant Scandinavian Lutheran churches were formed in Cokato, Minnesota in 1872 and in Calumet, Michigan in 1873.
		1928 - Finnish Apostolic Lutheran Church of America schismed from FALC.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Laestadianism_in_America (948 words)

	Apostolic Lutheran Church of America - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Apostolic Lutheran Church of America is a church established by Finnish-Americans in the early 20th century.
		In general, the ALCA accepts the creeds of the Evangelical Lutheran Church and put emphasis on the necessity of regeneration and the practical importance of absolution from sin.
		It is one of the few Lutheran bodies in the world claiming to have apostolic succession back to Rome.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Apostolic_Lutheran_Church_of_America (308 words)

	Lutheranism, Lutheran Church
		Lutheranism is generally friendly to the Ecumenical Movement, and with some exceptions, Lutheran churches have participated in worldwide gatherings of Christians across confessional and denominational boundaries.
		This term, or "Lutheranism," is employed to refer to the doctrine and practices authoritative in the Lutheran Churches and as a broad term for those churches throughout the world in general.
		Lutheranism did not radically change the structure of the medieval mass, but its use of vernacular language enhanced the importance of the sermons, which were based on the exposition of the Scriptures, and encouraged congregational participation in worship, especially through the singing of the liturgy and of hymns.
	www.mb-soft.com /believe/text/lutheran.htm (5066 words)

	Favorite Links
		The Evangelical Lutheran Church in Canada claims to be the major Canadian representative of the traditions of the Lutheran reformation of the catholic Christian church.
		Lutheran Churches of the ReformationThe is a federation of orthodox Lutheran Congregations which was formed in 1964.
		The American Association of Lutheran Churches was formed by parishes of the American Lutheran Church (many with a Free Lutheran heritage)who rejected the merger of several other synods that became the ELCA in the late 1980's.
	thelutheran.net /projects/link.htm (937 words)

	The Lutheran Difference (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		Lutheran underrepresentation in national politics might at first look like a simple function of ethnic timing: give Lutherans a few more years, would run the argument, and there might be the same sort of German- and Scandinavian-Lutheran presence in national politics as there has been for Irish Catholics.
		But we probably have even more former Lutherans who testify that they had to leave the Lutheran church to be, in their words, "saved" or "born again," to find "a personal relationship with Jesus Christ," or to hear "the gospel." Most of these conversion stories are about individuals moving away from Lutheranism.
		First, if Lutherans were to retain their traditions even as they discover ways of communicating them in America, they would be in an ideal position to show the benefits of a religious consciousness rooted in the past.
	www.firstthings.com /ftissues/ft9202/articles/noll.html (7228 words)

	Lutheranism Links
		The Evangelical Lutheran Church in South Africa (Natal-Transvaal) or ELCSA (NT) was formed in 1981 as a union of two historically South African-German churches: the Transvaal church, which developed from the Berlin Synod, and the Hermannsburg church, which developed from the Hermannsburg synod.
		The FELSISA is a church which in its preaching and pursuits is bound by the Holy Scripture as the indisputable word of God and by the doctrine and confessions of the Lutheran church.
		Lutheran Ministries in Jamaica proclaims and lives the Gospel to establish a unified and mission-minded Jamaican Lutheran Church with well-prepared leaders and confessional, self-supporting, self-propagating and self-governing congregations.
	www.suite101.com /links.cfm/lutheranism (6835 words)

	Adherents.com
		: Church of Sweden [and] Evangelical-Lutheran Church of Finland...
		The branch of Apostolic Lutherans, generally called the First Borns, are a continuation of the congregation headed by John Takkinen.
		Churches are located in Michigan; Wilmington, North Carolina; Wilmington, Delaware; Bruch Prairie, Washington; and Gackle, North Dakota.
	www.adherents.com /Na/Na_32.html (2396 words)

	Christian Century: Interchurch journey - Evangellical Lutheran Church in America, Episcopal Church
		A CEREMONIAL culmination of nearly 40 years' dialogue brought church leaders together at the Washington National Cathedral on Epiphany to inaugurate full communion and opportunities for joint ministries between the Episcopal Church and the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America.
		But the accord has met resistance among Lutherans who object to the ELCA's move to require bishops who are in the "historic episcopate"--the tradition of unbroken apostolic succession--to be part of its ordination of bishops.
		Lutheran churches in Nordic and Baltic countries already enjoy communion with the Anglican churches of the British Isles.
	www.findarticles.com /p/articles/mi_m1058/is_3_118/ai_70368709 (729 words)

	Lutheran churches
		The ELCM describes itself as a "centrist" church body, somewhere between the liberal positions associated with the ELCA and the conservative stances of the LCMS and WELS.
		Lutheran Church–Missouri Synod formed an autonomous Canadian church and three districts: The Alberta-British Columbia District, with offices in Edmonton, Alberta; Central District, with offices in Regina; and East District, with offices in Kitchener, Ontario.
		It is supported by the Lutheran Asia Church Leaders' Conference for the enhancement of communication and a sense of fellowship between the various Lutheran church bodies in the countries of Asia.
	www.ecumenism.net /denom/lutheran.htm (1048 words)

	WELS Questions and Answers-- Do you have a question to ask?
		Lutherans are liturgical; the Churches of Christ are not.
		The Evangelical Free Church denies that Baptism and the Lord's Supper are means of grace in the sense that the Lutheran Church uses the term.
		Regardless of the form of government that a group of churches has, it is the duty of all of the congregations to discipline any congregation which persists in departing from God's Word, even if their only recourse is to end their association with that congregation.
	www.wels.net /sab/qa/rel-other-03.html (4005 words)

	The Finnish Apostolic Lutheran Church (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		Disagreements which arose between these and the other Lutherans at last became so acute that some of the followers of Laestadius were excluded from the Sacrament.
		The churches accept in general the creeds of the Evangelical Lutheran Church and emphasize the necessity of regeneration and the practical importance of absolution from sin."
		Although an absolute congregational polity prevailed in the past, on January 7, 1929, The Finnish Apostolic Lutheran Church of America was incorporated, with two districts, Eastern and Western, 20 ministers and 41 congregations enrolled.
	www.genealogia.fi /emi/art/article417e.htm (254 words)

	Pastor Zip's US Lutheran Web Links (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		TAALC was formed mainly by congregations of the American Lutheran Church (many with a Free Lutheran heritage) that rejected the 1988 merger that created the ELCA.
		Formally called the Evangelical Lutheran Church in American until the current ELCA was being formed in 1987 -- but always spoken of as the "Eielsen Synod" -- this synod of very independent Norwegian-American Pietists has apparently declined to one congregation, whose story is linked here.
		Formed in 1983 by congregations who left the Church of the Lutheran Confession because the CLC would not formally excommunicate members of the Lutheran fraternal organizations (insurance companies), Lutheran Brotherhood and Aid Association for Lutherans.
	ourworld.compuserve.com /homepages/przip/usluthlinx.htm (2164 words)

	WELS Questions and Answers-- Religion - Other Lutheran Church bodies
		We are frequently disappointed in the tendency on the part of many Lutherans today, for example, to cite what earlier Lutherans have said or done and then to examine and debate their words as much or more than the words of Scripture itself.
		At the time of the Reformation Lutheran churches were organized along geographical (territorial or national) boundaries.
		It seems as though the debate between the Lutheran church and the Seventh-Day Adventist (SDA) church on the Sabbath lies on whether the Sabbath in the Ten Commandments should be treated as part of the ceremonial law or as part of the moral law.
	www.wels.net /sab/qa/rel-o-luth-02.html (2751 words)

	How Old is you church ?
		If you are a Lutheran, your denomination was founded by Martin Luther, an ex-monk of the Catholic Church, in the year 1517.
		If you belong to the Church of England, your denomination was founded by King Henry VIII in the year 1534 because the Pope could not grant him an annulment from his true and lawful wife, Catherine of Aragon, with the right to re-marry.
		If you belong to one of the religious organizations known as "Church of the Nazarene", "Pentecostal Gospel", "Holiness Church", "Pilgrim Holiness Church", your denomination is one of the many thousands of new sects and religions founded by men within the past several hundred years.
	www.katoliko.com /churches.htm (823 words)

	Evangelical Lutheran Church in Canada - ELCIC Directory
		Brazil ~ Evangelical Church of the Lutheran Confession in Brazil (LWF)
		Germany ~ Evangelical Church in Germany (EKD; The EKD is composed of the Evangelical Church of the Union and 24 regional churches)
		Poland ~ Evangelical Church of the Augsburg Confession in Poland (LWF)
	www.elcic.ca /direct/lutheran.html (728 words)

	A Christian Handbook of Topics & Issues - by J. Nation (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		He specifically opposed their biblical teachings on biblical justification (eternal salvation), their restrictions on all individuals rights to read and interpret scripture, and what he call "Indulgences" of their leaders in such things as exacting payment from the sinner for penitence.
		"Justification by faith." Lutheranism teaches that man is justified solely by God's grace through faith without any merit or help or work of man. Even man's cooperation in accepting the gospel is considered to fall under this grace.
		The Lutherans differ much from their Catholic predecessors, in that the Bread & Wine do not supernaturally change into the Body & Blood of Jesus as a member partakes.
	www.cedarnet.org /jnation/book/bk18-15.html (266 words)

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		Antioch Patriarchate, Archdiocese of North America (1920) - 350,000 (+3.73%), 95% of parishioners are Arab.
		Ukrainian Orthodox Church of America (1924) - 7,500 (-6.88%)
		Latvian Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (1946) - 16,900 (-0.67%), Latvians deported or emigrated from USSR
	www.lermanet.com /cisar/usa/040101.htm (2837 words)

	lts » rev. prof. paul gregory alms » november 2004 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		Evangelical (Lutheran) Church of the Augsburg Confession in Slovakia
		The Church of the Lutheran Confession - CLC
		The Evangelical Lutheran Church of Hong Kong - ELCHK
	www.lts.ru /links.htm (180 words)

	ELCA Global Mission - Lutheran churches in North America
		Click a country to see where Lutheran church is at work, including where the ELCA has companion church relationships.
		Lutheran and other churches, institutions or agencies in companionship with the ELCA
		Lutheran churches in communion with the ELCA through the Lutheran World Federation
	www.elca.org /companionsynod/namerica.html (102 words)

	Godtalk - Lutheran Theology, Churches, and People on the Net
		Many of the world's Lutheran churches are allied under the aegis of the Lutheran World Federation.
		Athanasian Catholic Church of the Augsburg Confession Augustana Evangelical Catholic Communion
		Consistory of the Estonian Lutheran Church (EELK) Abroad
	www.xrysostom.com /godtalk.html (1940 words)

	Find a Church on ForMinistry.com
		Whether you're looking for a church or moving to a new area, ForMinistry can help you find a welcoming church family.
		Church of the Living God, C.W.F.F. Church of the Living God, Pillar and Ground of the Truth (Philadelphia)
		Southern Episcopal Church of the U.S.A. Southern Methodist Church
	www.forministry.com /search/newchurchsearch.cfm (169 words)

	Taxonomy - 1990 Denominations as Listed by Glenmary Research Center
		Byelorussian Council of Orthodox Churches in North America
		Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints, The
		Syrian Orthodox Church of Antioch (Archdiocese of the U.S.A. and Canada)
	www.polis.iupui.edu /RUC/Research/Glenmary_by_Polis_Types_as_table.htm (134 words)

	Information on Religion in the United States
		There are many churches and many sources of information out there.
		Apostolic Faith Mission of Portland, OR Apostolic Lutheran Church of America
		Church of the Living God, Pillar and Ground of the Truth, Inc.
	www.angelfire.com /az2/arizonadry/zchurch.html (253 words)

	Facts
		Did you know that there are 21 Lutheran synods in the United States and Canada?
		The list of synods/associations, Lutheran Church Bodies in North America, was compiled by the Office of Church Relations, Valparaiso University (2002).
		N.A. Lutheran Churches of the Reformation - LCR
	home.earthlink.net /~paulvana/facts.htm (107 words)

	ICQ.com - Search Results
		AFLC - Association Free Lutheran Congregations, organized in 1962 grown to become
		Official web site of this confessional Lutheran church body present in the United
		A confessional Lutheran church body which is dedicated to proclaiming the Good
	www.icq.com /search/welcome_results.php?q=related:http://www.aflc.org (100 words)

	ElectronicChurch.org
		The Holy Eastern Orthodox Catholic and Apostolic Church in North America, Inc.
		Ye arbook of American and Canadian Churches and National Council of the Churches of Christ in the USA are trademarks of the National Council of the Churches of Christ in the USA.
		National Council of the Churches of Christ in the USA.
	www.electronicchurch.org /YBlisting.html (309 words)

	Lutheran (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		Other Denominations that broke from the Lutheran Church:
		an't be in union with any church that is not in agreement with full Lutheran doctrine.
		Bible not verbally inspired, women clergy, in full communion with the Presbyterian church USA, United Church of Christ, Reformed Church in America, and status was also approved for the Moravian Church, and the Episcopal church
	www.biblefacts.org /history/denom/lutheran.html (59 words)

	Lutheran Church Bodies in NA (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		Lutheran Church Bodies in NA Lutheran Church Bodies in North America
		Church of the Lutheran Brethren of America (UPDATED)
		Matthew Lutheran Church 2837 E. New York St. Indianapolis, IN 46201 (317) 637-8870
	www.faithlutherangroton.org /luthchur.html (207 words)

	faithfound.com : Top > Denominations > Lutheran > Apostolic_Lutheran_Church_of_America
		Apostolic Lutheran Church of America directory of churches and congregations.
		First Apostolic Lutheran Church, Lansing, Michigan (ALCA) [Detail]
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	www.faithfound.com /browse.php?cat=2973 (50 words)

	Lutheran Central - Connecting Lutherans (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		RIM - Charismatic Movement within LCMS and Canada
		LMS-USA - The Lutheran Ministerium and Synod-United States of America
		TAALC - The American Association of Lutheran Churches
	www.lutherancentral.com /synods (35 words)

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