List of Lutheran denominations in North America

Over 40 different Lutheran denominations currently exist in North America. However, most North American Lutherans belong to one of the three largest denominations, namely, the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America, the Lutheran Church – Missouri Synod, or the Wisconsin Evangelical Lutheran Synod.[citation needed]

Active denominations

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Source:[1]

Defunct denominations

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Most of the now-defunct North American Lutheran denominations merged or were absorbed into larger bodies. The following is an incomplete list.

Chart of splits and mergers

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Chart of splits and mergers of North American Lutheran churches

Splits and mergers of North American Lutheran churches
Church of FinlandChurch of SwedenChurch of DenmarkChurch of Norway
Pennsylvania Ministerium (1748)
New York Ministerium (1786)
Ohio
Synod
(1818)
General
Synod
(1820)
Buffalo Synod (1845)
LCMS (1847)
Norwegian Synod (1853)
Iowa Synod (1854)
Augustana
Synod
(1860)
Synod of the South (1863)
General
Council
(1866)
The Conference (1870)NAS (1870)
ALCA (1872)
AELC (1878)
Blair Church (1884)
AMB (1887)
Suomi
Synod
(1890)
UNLC (1890)
UELC (1896)LFC (1897)
NLCA (1917)
ULCA (1918)
ALC (1930)
ALC (1960)
LCA (1962)AFLC (1962)
ALC (1963)
Canadian congregations separatedELCC (1966)
AELC (1976)
ELCC (1986)
AALC (1987)
ELCA (1988)


See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Church Relations - Resources". Archived from the original on 2010-12-22. Retrieved 2012-04-12.
  2. ^ "Home - English". eelk-kirik.com. Retrieved 2021-02-19.
  3. ^ "General Lutheran Church". Retrieved October 31, 2017.
  4. ^ "Illinois Lutheran Conference".
  5. ^ "Independent Lutheran Diocese".
  6. ^ "LCCF - Faith followed by Confession - Home".
  7. ^ "A Brief History of Our Congregation". Archived from the original on 2011-07-28. Retrieved 2010-08-25.

Further reading

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  • Arand, Charles P, and Robert Kolb, eds. The Lutheran Confessions: History and Theology of the Book of Concord (2012)
  • Bodensieck, Julius, ed. The encyclopedia of the Lutheran Church (3 vol 1965) vol 1 and 3 online free
  • Brauer, James Leonard and Fred L. Precht, eds. Lutheran Worship: History and Practice (1993)
  • Brug, John F., Fredrich II, Edward C., Schuetze, Armin W., WELS and Other Lutherans. Milwaukee: Northwestern Publishing House, 1995. ISBN 0-8100-0543-3.
  • Granquist, Mark. Lutherans in America: A New History (2015)
  • Meyer, Carl S. Moving Frontiers: Readings in the History of the Lutheran Church Missouri Synod (1986)
  • Roeber, A. G. Palatines, Liberty, and Property: German Lutherans in Colonial British America (1998)
  • Wengert, Timothy J. and Mark Granquist, eds. Dictionary of Luther and the Lutheran Traditions (2017)
  • Wiederaenders, Robert C., Historical Guide to Lutheran Church Bodies of North America, 2nd Edition Saint Louis: Lutheran Historical Conference, 1998.
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