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	Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		The Church is divided into 65 synods, one which is non-geographical (the Slovak Zion Synod) and 64 regional synods in the United States and the Caribbean, each headed by a synodical bishop and council.
		The Church is a result of a merger between the Lutheran Church in America (LCA), the American Lutheran Church (ALC) and the Association of Evangelical Lutheran Churches (AELC), all of which had formally agreed in 1982 to unite after several years of discussions.
		As a Lutheran church body, the ELCA professes belief in the "priesthood of all believers", or that all baptized persons have equal access to God and are all called to use their gifts to serve the body of Christ.
	en.askmore.net /ELCA.htm (2686 words)

	Lutheran Church in America - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		In church governance, the LCA was clerical and centralistic, in contrast to the congregationalist or "low church" strain in American Christianity.
		Among the Lutheran churches in America, the LCA was thus the one that was most similar to the established Lutheran churches in Europe.
		The Augustana Evangelical Lutheran Church, traditionally a Swedish-American Lutheran denomination, established in 1860.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Lutheran_Church_in_America (461 words)

	American Lutheran Church - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The first Native American woman to become a Lutheran minister in the United States, the Rev. Marlene Whiterabbit Helgemo, was ordained by the ALC in July 1987.
		Evangelical Lutheran Church, established in 1917 and known from its founding until 1946 as the Norwegian Lutheran Church of America (NLCA).
		At the time of the merger, the ALC was the third-largest Lutheran church body in the United States, behind the Lutheran Church in America and the Lutheran Church - Missouri Synod.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/American_Lutheran_Church (477 words)

	Lutheran Church Missouri Synod (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		Adherence to the Lutheran confessions is the basis of this conservatism.
		It was his publication of the Lutheraner in 1844 that provided the inspiration and focus for the Missouri Synod three years later.
		Liberal elements within the Missouri Synod broke away to form the Association of Evangelical Lutheran Churches, later to participate in the mergers which created the largest body in America: the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America.
	philtar.ucsm.ac.uk /encyclopedia/christ/cep/missy.html (419 words)

	Lutheran churches (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		The three major Lutheran bodies in the United States merged on Jan. 1, 1988, into a new organization, the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America, with about 5.3 million members in more than 11,000 congregations.
		The Lutheran Church in America was the largest and most geographically spread of the three and was formed in 1962 from a merger of four bodies with Danish, Finnish, German and Swedish backgrounds.
		It merged with the American Lutheran Church, a mostly Midwestern group formed in 1960 through a merger of four bodies with Danish, German and Norwegian backgrounds, and the relatively small west-central Association of Evangelical Lutheran Churches.
	www.stthomas.edu /jour/apstyle/Lutheran_churches.html (234 words)

	Lutheran Family Churches
		The Evangelical Lutheran Church in America was formed January 1, 1988, by the merger of the Lutheran Church in America, the American Lutheran Church, and the Association of Evangelical Lutheran Churches.
		The Evangelical Lutheran Church in America is considered the most liberal of Lutheran church bodies in North America.
		The Encyclopedia Britannica states: "Church members of the Wisconsin Synod are forbidden to cooperate in any community organizations with members of other church groups if prayers are offered, since the synod maintains that praying with others involves accepting their beliefs.
	www.jmahoney.com /lutheran_family_churches.htm (890 words)

	Evangelical Lutheran (via CobWeb/3.1 planetlab-3.cs.princeton.edu) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		In the U.S., the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America traces its organizational roots to the Ministerium of Pennsylvania, which was founded in 1748 as the first Lutheran denomination in North America.
		Capital Punishment: In a social statement adopted in 1991, the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America declared its opposition to the death penalty on the basis of justice, the need to minister to those affected by violent crime, and because of the death penalty's inconsistent record of use.
		Communion: With Lutherans throughout the world, the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America confesses that the crucified and risen Christ is present in, with, and under the bread and wine of Holy Communion.
	www.accsd.org.cob-web.org:8888 /ELCA.html (1176 words)

	LCMS (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		Not surprisingly, the largest numbers of Lutherans are to be found in Germany, the place where the Lutheran tradition made its beginning during the early part of the 16th century.
		The largest of these at 5.2 million is the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA), which came into being in 1988 as the result of a three way merger of the Lutheran Church in America, the American Lutheran Church, and the Association of Evangelical Lutheran Churches.
		However, it was a member of the Lutheran Council in the U.S.A. until the Council went out of existence on January 1, 1988, with the formation of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America.
	www.glchurch.org /lcms.htm (1151 words)

	Association of Evangelical Lutheran Churches - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The AELC formed when approximately 250 dissident congregations withdrew from the Lutheran Church - Missouri Synod (LCMS) in 1976, and ended as an independent body when it became part of the new Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA) on January 1, 1988.
		The AELC's forerunner was Evangelical Lutherans in Mission (ELIM), a moderate caucus within the LCMS that opposed the Synod's more conservative turn in the early and mid-1970s.
		Not surprisingly, the AELC proved to be more socially and theologically moderate than the LCMS, and shortly after its inception, it departed from LCMS practice on ordination by opening the ministry to women with the ordination of Pastor Janith Otte-Murphy.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Association_of_Evangelical_Lutheran_Churches (597 words)

	Lutheranism - ReligionFacts
		Lutheranism was founded by Martin Luther, a German monk and professor who has been called the "Father of the Reformation." In 1517, he famously protested against the Catholic Church's sale of indulgences.
		This church accepts the Unaltered Augsburg Confession as a true witness to the Gospel, acknowledging as one with it In faith and doctrine all churches that likewise accept the teachings of the Unaltered Augsburg Confession.
		Similarly, although all Lutherans are guided by the 16th-century Lutheran confessions set out in the Book of Concord, the ELCA does not require its members to accept them in their entirety as normative standards for modern life.
	www.religionfacts.com /christianity/denominations/lutheranism.htm (2347 words)

	Lutheran Church of the Newtons
		The plan was approved by church conventions in 1986, and the ELCA constituting convention was held April 30-May 3, 1987, with the church actually beginning operations on January 1, 1988.
		The Lutheran is the magazine of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America.
		The Massachusetts Council of Churches is an ecumenical partnership of sixteen Orthodox and Protestant churches/denominations in the state, with approximately 1700 congregations.
	www.lutheranchurchofthenewtons.org /links.html (734 words)

	SAINT SOPHIA SEMINARY - LUTHERAN CHURCH BODIES (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		The ULC, based in Kyiv, is a member church of the Confessional Evangelical Lutheran Conference.
		The GELCU, based in Odesa, is a constituent part of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Russia, Ukraine, Kazakhstan, and Central Asia, which is a member church of the Lutheran World Federation.
		Association of Evangelical Lutheran Brotherhood Churches of Ukraine
	www.angelfire.com /ca4/saintsophiaseminary/churchbodies.html (260 words)

	FaithandValues: ELCA
		The Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA), along with other Lutheran churches, traces its roots directly to the Protestant Reformation that took place in Europe in the 16th century under the inspiration of Martin Luther, a German monk.
		It was organized in 1987 and began operations January 1, 1988, bringing together The American Lutheran Church (ALC), the Lutheran Church in America (LCA), and the Association of Evangelical Lutheran Churches (AELC).
		The AELC was formed in 1976 from a doctrinal split in The Lutheran Church-Missouri Synod.
	www.faithandvalues.com /fg_profiles/evangelical_lutheran.asp (500 words)

	Luterhan History
		The Lutheran church traces its roots directly to the Protestant Reformation that took place in Europe in the 16th century.
		Lutheran beliefs became widespread, especially in Germany and the Scandinavian countries (Norway, Sweden, Denmark, Iceland and Finland), later spreading throughout the world as early explorers took their faith with them on their voyages.
		Lutheranism came to the Americas that way; some of the earliest settlers in the Americas were Scandinavians, Dutch and German Lutherans.
	www.indwes.edu /Faculty/bcupp/spirit/LutheranHistory.htm (1509 words)

	Review of The Service Hymnal: A Lutheran Homecoming
		Lutherans have an attachment to their hymnals and the contents therein.
		The churches comprising today's Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA) were the first to explore development of a new hymnal.
		The American Lutheran Church (ALC), the Lutheran Church in America (LCA), and the Association of Evangelical Lutheran Churches (AELC) merged in 1988 to become what we know today as ELCA.
	www.suite101.com /article.cfm/lutheranism/90327 (562 words)

	Oberlin College Archives \| Holdings \| Finding Guides \| RG 30/143 - The Rev. Henry L. Lieske (1911-2002) \| Scope and ...
		The largest collections of records relating to the controversy are held by the Archives of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America in Chicago and by the Concordia Historical Institute in St. Louis, Missouri.
		Well documented is the formation and work of Evangelical Lutherans in Mission (ELIM), a group established in the tumultuous aftermath of the 1973 New Orleans convention.
		Official church correspondence, reports, and news releases; select issues of religious periodicals; originals and copies of journal and newspaper articles; and miscellany documenting the areas of conflict within the LC-MS and the specific charges made against John Tietjen.
	www.oberlin.edu /archive/holdings/finding/RG30/SG143/scope.html (1793 words)

	The Columbus Online Community - Columbus Telegram (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		COLUMBUS - Members of Trinity Evangelical Lutheran Church in Columbus will be voting on a resolution to terminate the relationship between their church and the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America.
		The ELCA was formed in 1982 through the union of the American Lutheran Church, the Association of Evangelical Lutheran Churches and the Lutheran Church in America.
		One of the concerns of the local church stems from a study the ELCA conducted on the possibility of providing blessings for homosexual couples as well as the ordaining of people who are in homosexual relationships.
	www.columbustelegram.com /articles/2005/05/22/news/news5.txt (937 words)

	Shepherd of the Valley Lutheran Church: What is a Lutheran?
		The ELCA acronyn stands for Evangelical Lutheran Church in America and is a union of three North American Lutheran church bodies: The American Lutheran Church, the Association of Evangelical Lutheran Churches and the Lutheran Church in America.
		Shepherd of the Valley Lutheran Church is apart of the Eastern Washington-Idaho Synod located in Region 1.
		Each of the 65 synods of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America elects a bishop to serve as the synod's chief pastor and to exercise administrative oversight of the synod's work.
	www.sov-id.org /about/denom.html (724 words)

	Lutheran Churches in Ukraine and Moldava (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		In many cases the parishioners of those churches, closed in the 1930s, are either dead or dispersed throught the world.
		AELCU - Association of Evangelical Lutheran Churches in Ukraine - connected to Lutheran Church - Canada and Lutheran Church - Missouri Synod
		ULC - Ukrainian Lutheran Church - connected to WELS - Canada and the Wisconsin Evangelical Lutheran Synod and the Evangelical Lutheran Synod
	members.cox.net /russland/ukraine (503 words)

	Trinity - Links (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		The Evangelical Lutheran Church in America resulted from a union of three North American Lutheran church bodies: The American Lutheran Church, the Association of Evangelical Lutheran Churches and the Lutheran Church in America.
		The three churches agreed to unite in 1982 and actually began operations on January 1, 1988.
		Lutheran Theological Seminary at Gettysburg - ELCA Seminary at Gettysburg, PA. The Seminary of "Seminary Ridge" (it was there at the time of the battle, and played a part in it).
	www.tlcphx.org /links.htm (322 words)

	LWF News - First African American Lutheran Bishop Honored
		The conference was hosted by the Evangelical Church of the Lutheran Confession in Brazil (IECLB) in Sao Leopoldo, October 11-17.
		With the growth of evangelical churches, the question of unity is rising from within," IECLB President Rev. Dr Walter Altmann said.
		At a press conference, Hanson drew attention to the fact that 97 percent of Lutherans in the USA were white, and that effort was needed to overcome the widespread stigma of a white church.
	www.lutheranworld.org /News/LWI/EN/1769.EN.html (431 words)

	Deerfield Lutheran Church
		Additional space was gained by the excavation of the basement in 1912, the extensive remodeling in 1951 and the education wing in 1974.
		For several decades the administration of the church consisted of the pastor and a small group of men.
		One of the biggest changes is the relationship of our congregation with churches of other denominations which has taken place since the 1960's.
	www.deerfieldelca.org /pages/history.htm (567 words)

	United Lutheran Church
		United Lutheran Church became a congregation in 1925 with the merger of three Norwegian Lutheran congregations in Chicago that had been established by immigrants from Norway in the last half of the 19th century.
		In 1988 United Lutheran joined other congregations in the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA), a union of the American Lutheran Church, the Lutheran Church in America and the Association of Evangelical Lutheran Churches.
		United Lutheran will continue to stand tall and proud on Greenfield hill, its stately tower and classic Gothic lines reminding us of our heritage, and inspiring and nurturing the faith of the ever-changing family of God that worships here under the banner of Christ the Lord.
	www.unitedlutheranchurch.org /history.html (354 words)

	Evangelical Lutheran Church in America, Region 2 Archives (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		Description: The Evangelical Lutheran Church in America was formally created in 1988 from the three church bodies known as the American Lutheran Church, the Lutheran Church in America, and the Association of Evangelical Lutheran Churches.
		Several congregations of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America are located in Los Angeles, and the Southern California (West) Synod of Region 2 of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America is headquartered in the Los Angeles area.
		The Region 2 Archives have subsumed the archives of the former American Lutheran Church district and the former Lutheran Church in America synod and their antecedents.
	www.usc.edu /isd/archives/arc/lasubject/records/id63.html (479 words)

	ELCA (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		Richland Lutheran Church is affiliated with the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America.
		Conventions of the Lutheran Church in America (LCA), The American Lutheran Church (ALC), and the Association of Evangelical Lutheran Churches (AELC) voted in August, 1986 to join in the formation of the new Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA).
		Richland Lutheran is in the Eastern Washington-Idaho Synod, led by Bishop Martin Wells, with main offices in Spokane.
	www.richlandlutheran.org /ELCA.htm (120 words)

	EVANGELICAL ASSOCIATION - Online Information article about EVANGELICAL ASSOCIATION (via CobWeb/3.1 ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		CHURCH (according to most authorities derived from the Gr.
		general conference, composed of delegates chosen by the annual conferences and constituting the highest legislative and judicial authority in the church.
		Switzerland, and has nearly 2000 churches and 1200 itinerant and other preachers.
	encyclopedia.jrank.org.cob-web.org:8888 /EUD_FAT/EVANGELICAL_ASSOCIATION.html (439 words)

	Institute of Sacred Music \| Colloquium Journal
		While the Lutheran Church Missouri Synod (LCMS) was a partner in much of the work of the Inter-Lutheran Commission on Worship (ILCW), which developed the LBW, the LCMS withdrew from the process prior to finalizing proposals and the subsequent publication of the LBW.
		The American Lutheran Church (ALC), the Lutheran Church in America (LCA), and the Association of Evangelical Lutheran Churches (AELC) merged to form the ELCA in 1988.
		D., is Director for Worship in the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America.
	www.yale.edu /ism/colloq_journal/jpages/burk8.html (248 words)

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