| | Evangelical Lutheran Church in Thuringia |
 | | This church arose from Luther's Reformation, and the picturesque province of Thuringia was part of the stage of the Reformation from its beginning. |
 | | Pastors and church workers for the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Thuringia (ELCT) are trained in theology departments of state universities, in church seminaries, in a church college in Hainstein and in the Deaconess Training College in Eisenach. |
 | | A Companion Synod relationship exists between the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Thuringia is in with the ELCA Northwestern Pennsylvania Synod. |
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