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| | Lutheran churches |
 | | The origins of the International Lutheran Council (ILC) can be traced to a meeting of leaders of confessional Lutheran churches in Uelzen, Germany in July 1952. |
 | | A second meeting was held in 1959 in Oakland, California to discuss the topic "The Fellowship Between our Churches." This was followed in 1963 by a third meeting in Cambridge, England, where the name "International Lutheran Theological Conference" was chosen for these informal international gatherings. |
 | | Lutheran ChurchMissouri 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. |
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