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  CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: Lutherans and Lutheranism
In doctrine official Lutheranism is part of what is called orthodox Protestantism, since it agrees with the Catholic and the Greek Churches in accepting the authority of the Scriptures and of the three most ancient creeds (the Apostles' Creed, the Nicene Creed, and the Athanasian Creed).
Lutheran dogmatics became a maze of refined subtleties, and mere logomachy was considered the chief duty of the theologian.
In Silesia Lutheranism was protected by the dukes, and in 1524 it was established in Breslau, the capital, by the municipal council.
www.newadvent.org /cathen/09458a.htm   (6233 words)

  
 The Free Evangelical-Lutheran Synod in South Africa   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
With the exception of the historical survey this document is adapted to the conditions pertaining to FELSISA from "An Introduction to the Lutheran Church-Missouri Synod" by Dr. Samuel H. Nafzger.
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.
mysite.mweb.co.za /residents/pa21/infofele.html   (5023 words)

  
 Evangelical Lutheran Church in Canada - ELCIC
The Evangelical Lutheran Church in Canada is Canada's largest Lutheran denomination with 182,077 baptized members in 624 congregations.
It is a member of the Lutheran World Federation, the Canadian Council of Churches, and the World Council of Churches.
June 28, 2006--In recognition of five years in full communion, the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Canada and the Anglican Church Canada issued a joint letter asking congregations to designate Sunday, November 12 for celebrations across the country to highlight this significant anniversary.
www.elcic.ca   (756 words)

  
 Sask Synod ELCIC
The Lutheran Theological Seminary, Saskatoon, is honoured to announce that the Rev. Dr.
Don Sjoberg was elected as the first National Bishop of the newly constituted Evangelical Lutheran Church in Canada, and Joan Meyer was elected the church's first Vice President at the Constituting Convention in Winnipeg in 1986.
The Saskatchewan Synod is one of 5 synods of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Canada.
www.sasksynod.elcic.ca   (762 words)

  
 Evangelical Lutheran Church in Tanzania -- Homepage
The aim of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Tanzania (ELCT) is to enable people to know Jesus Christ and gain eternal life.
The Lutheran Church of Northern Tanganyika in the north.
The Ubena/Konde Lutheran Church in the Southern Highlands.
www.elct.org   (382 words)

  
 Evangelical Lutheran Church (N-T) | Homepage
The Evangelical Lutheran Church in Southern Africa (N-T) is a vibrant church
In our Church we are struggling with this question how to deal with the right to preserve what is dear and peculiar to one self and on the other hand to gain from that which is foreign.
Sometimes our Lutheran theology and our Confessions are abused to justify our isolation, to block oneself off from others.
www.elcsant.org.za   (918 words)

  
 EELC abroad
The number of refugee Lutherans is considered to be approximately 60 000.
On the basis of this authorisation, Archbishop Johan Kõpp founded in Stockholm the Estonian Evangelical Lutheran Church Committee.
This was the beginning of orderly functioning of the EELC abroad, registering of congregations in Stockholm, the centre of church life.
www.eelk.ee /EELCabroad.html   (996 words)

  
 Evangelical Lutheran Conference & Ministerium of North America
The ELCM is a synodical federation, fellowship, and association of centrist-oriented Evangelical Lutheran congregations
Officially Constituted and Organized at Faith Evangelical Lutheran Church, Duncansville, Pennsylvania on September 7, 1999.
Organized as a synodical federation, fellowship, and association of centrist-oriented Evangelical Lutheran congregations and pastors in North America.
www.elcm.org   (270 words)

  
 ELH.Home
The Evangelical Lutheran Hymnary was compiled by the worship committee of the Evangelical Lutheran Synod, a group of pastors and congregations who trace their theological and denominational lineage through the Norwegian immigration of the nineteenth century to the Danish/Norwegian Reformation of the sixteenth century.
It bears the imprint of the Lutheran Hymnary of 1913, a work produced for use by the various Norwegian groups in the country at that time, and The Lutheran Hymnal of 1941, prepared by a committee from the Synodical Conference, with the influential leadership of the Lutheran Church-Missouri Synod.
The large number of hymns from the Danish-Norwegian chorale tradition are a worthy heritage for English speaking Lutherans, and many of them appear in the ELH alone among the hymnals produced in recent decades.
www.blc.edu /comm/gargy/gargy1/ELH.html   (485 words)

  
 The Finnish Evangelical Lutheran Mission - The Finnish Evangelical Lutheran Mission
The Finnish Evangelical Lutheran Mission (FELM) is a Lutheran mission organisation.
The Finnish Evangelical Lutheran Mission has about 240 missionaries working in more than twenty countries in Africa, Asia, Europe and Latin America.
The FELM works primarily with Lutheran churches and some international Christian organisation like Mission Aviation Fellowship (MAF) and Summer Institute of Linguistics International (SILI).
www.mission.fi /felm   (105 words)

  
 Welcome to the CELC Website!
The Confessional Evangelical Lutheran Conference (CELC) is the successor to the Evangelical Lutheran Synodical Conference of North America -- with one important exception: it is international in scope rather than restricted to North America.
First founded in 1993 with thirteen confessional Lutheran national churches as members, the Conference has grown to twenty members today.
The next triennial meeting is scheduled for 2008 in Kiev and will be hosted by the Ukrainian Lutheran Church.
www.celc.info   (124 words)

  
 Zion Evangelical-Lutheran Church of Detroit
She is affiliated with the English District of The Lutheran Church—Missouri Synod.
A fragile but lively inner-city congregation, Zion is comfortably integrated and has parishioners from various ethnic, religious and socio-economic backgrounds.
To accomplish this mission, Zion uses the sacramental and liturgical worship of the Lutheran Church.
www.ziondetroit.org   (177 words)

  
 Immanuel Evangelical Lutheran Church, Peoria IL - Welcome to Immanuel Lutheran Church
Immanuel Evangelical Lutheran Church, Peoria IL - Welcome to Immanuel Lutheran Church
On this website you will find a wealth of information and images that have been designed to introduce you to the teachings and practices of the authentic Lutheran Church and to the particular congregation of Immanuel Ev.
Immanuel Lutheran's School Aged Programs (ILSAP) is located on the corner of Glen and Knoxville in Peoria
www.immanuelpeoria.org   (204 words)

  
 First Lutheran Nashville   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
First Lutheran is a warm and loving church.
We invite you to be a part of the love and friendships that are unfolding here.
First Lutheran is a congregation in the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America
www.first-lutheran-nashville.org   (180 words)

  
 Home Page   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
Augsburg Evangelical Lutheran Church is a faithful, Christ-centered cornerstone of the community, offering dynamic ministries for growth in faith, through worship, prayer and witnessing God's love to all people, by sharing God's gifts of word and sacrament.
Augsburg Evangelical Lutheran Church is a member of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA)
Augsburg Evangelical Lutheran Church belongs to the Northwestern Ohio Synod ELCA.
www.augsburg-toledo.org   (176 words)

  
 Emanuel Evangelical Lutheran Church
Welcome to Emanuel Evangelical Lutheran Church, a multicultural community of faith in a vibrant emerging Philadelphia neighborhood.
Our neighborhood is undergoing a revitalization as the Southwark Plaza housing project is reinvented as The Courtyard Apartments at Riverview, a lower-density mixed middle and lower income community.
Emanuel Evangelical Lutheran Church is a congregation of the Southeastern Pennsylvania Synod of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America.
www.emanuel-lutheran.org   (172 words)

  
 St. John Evangelical Lutheran Church, Meyersville, Texas
John is one of the oldest Lutheran congregations in Texas.
Our church was the first to be established in DeWitt County and was one of the first 5 Lutheran Churches in Texas.
Copyright © 1995 by St. John Evangelical Lutheran Church.
www.ortech-engr.com /churches/stjohn   (343 words)

  
 Evangelical Lutheran Education Association - ELEA
The Evangelical Lutheran Education Association promotes and supports quality, Christ-centered schools and early childhood programs of the ELCA.
Granting recognition to people highly supportive of Lutheran education is a way for the ELEA to honor outstanding accomplishment.
The award may be granted annually to an individual who has made an outstanding contribution to Lutheran education consistent with Dr. Vetter’s own career.
www.eleanational.org   (357 words)

  
 Highwater Evangelical Lutheran Church   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
Highwater Evangelical Lutheran Church was organized in 1901.
The church is a parish with Old Westbrook Evangelical Lutheran Church, located approximately 4 1/2 miles west of Highwater, just south of Cottonwood Cty Rd 10.
We have weekly Sunday services, Sunday school, an active Women of the ELCA unit, and many shared adult and youth ministries with Old Westbrook, including weekly Bible study, Junior Lutherans, and Luther League.
www.rrcnet.org /~hiwater   (82 words)

  
 Welcome to St. John Lutheran Church - Wheaton, Ill.
We invite you to join us in celebrating His grace as we worship through music, liturgy and prayer, and as we grow closer to God through Bible study and service.
John Lutheran School provides a Christ-centered atmosphere to minister to the whole child through quality academic programs integrated with God's Word and to assist the parents in nurturing and training the child for Christian living.
St. John Evangelical Lutheran Church and School
www.stjohnwheaton.org   (109 words)

  
 TRINITY EVANGELICAL LUTHERAN CHURCH
We are an ELCA church and our faith community has been ministering to the folks of Mt. Healthy and the general Cincinnati area for over 150 years!
We are constantly looking for new ways to reach out to our community and spread the Gospel message.
There are three services each Sunday – a traditional Lutheran liturgical service, a contemporary service with a praise band (we call it “BreakOut!”), and another that offers a more contemporary liturgical service.
www.trinitymthealthy.org   (254 words)

  
 Bethlehem Lutheran Church (AFLC)- Home
Our mission is to call people to repentance and faith in Jesus Christ; and, to build disciples who love and follow the Lord wholeheartedly.
Bethlehem Evangelical Lutheran Church has been a part of the Morris, Illinois community since 1880.
All material Copyright 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 206 Bethlehem Evangelical Lutheran Church of Morris, IL unless otherwise noted.
www.blc-morris-il.org   (743 words)

  
 Zion Evangelical Lutheran Church - An Independent Bible Church
Zion Evangelical Lutheran Church - An Independent Bible Church
It is the mission of Zion to glorify God in love, worship and obedience, by proclaiming the Gospel, discipling and equipping the saints, and taking His word to the ends
With this in mind, be alert and always keep on praying for
www.zionevangelical.org   (66 words)

  
 Christ Evangelical Lutheran Church   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
Welcome to Christ Evangelical Lutheran Church, located on the hill in Linglestown, Pennsylvania
Christ Evangelical Lutheran Church, 1214 Crosby Street, Linglestown, PA 17112
Christ Evangelical Lutheran Church is a member of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America and the Lower Susquehanna Synod of the ELCA.
www.churchonthehilltop.org   (201 words)

  
 Concordia Evangelical Lutheran Church
We invite you to join us for worship, study, and fellowship.
Faith in the triune God is an integral part of Concordians' lives due to a sound biblical education and an understanding of Lutheran doctrine.
Concordia is a family of Christians interacting with each other and the community, focusing on the needs of each.
www.luther95.org /CELC-WDE   (109 words)

  
 Lutheran Evangelical Protestant Church   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
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With the Presbyterian church re-examining its ban on the ordination of actively gay men and women, a five-week course on homosexuality and the Bible at a Danville congregation is drawing overflowing crowds.CHICAGO (ELCA)
The Rev. Peter W. Marty, host of Grace Matters, the radio ministry of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA), is the featured speaker Sept. 10 and 17 on Day 1, the nationally broadcast award-winning radio program.
www.community-protestants.com /Lutheran-Evangelical-Protestant-Church.php   (658 words)

  
 ELCJHL Home Page   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
In Jerusalem, worship is conducted not only in Arabic but also in German, English and Danish.
An international center for inter-cultural encounter (Dar Annadwa) - with exhibition galleries, meeting rooms, and historic cave and a gift shop - is attached to the Lutheran Christmas Church in Bethlehem.
Abraham's Herberge, a guesthouse designed for interfaith dialogue among Christians, Muslims and Jews, is a vital part of the ministry of the Lutheran Church of the Reformation in Beit Jala.
www.holyland-lutherans.org   (393 words)

  
 Japan Evangelical Lutheran Church Home Page
Introduction to the Japanese Evangelical Lutheran Church and its relationship to the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America.
122 member churches in 68 countries representing 56 million Lutherans; aiding in times of famine, disaster and medical needs.
Also highlights from the official JELC magazine Lutheran and other "hot" news.
www.jelc.or.jp /e-index.html   (92 words)

  
 Evangelical Christian Churches Korea   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
Faith Evangelical Free Church - Trexlertown - services at 8:00, 9:30...
Churches, Church of Christ Churches, Methodist Churches, Orthodox Churches, Evangelical Churches, Reformed
Brethren in Christ, Christian Reformed Church, Episcopal Church, Evangelical Lutheran Church...
www.shareonhousechurch.net /evangelical-christian-churches-korea.html   (147 words)

  
 Trinity Evangelical Lutheran Church&School - LCMS - Orlando, FL
Trinity Evangelical Lutheran ChurchandSchool - LCMS - Orlando, FL "For God so loved the world that he gave his only begotten Son that whosoever believes in Him shall not perish but have everlasting life."
As you know, Trinity has for years been using four different hymnals in worship services: The Lutheran Hymnal (Red, 1943), Lutheran Book of Worship (Green, 1978), All God’s People Sing (Multicolored Children’s Hymnal, 1992), and With One Voice (Blue paperback, 1995).
Across the LCMS today about 40% of congregations still use TLH, 40% use Lutheran Worship (Blue, 1982), and the rest use a mixture.
www.trinitydowntown.org   (908 words)

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