Evangelical Lutheran Synod
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The Evangelical Lutheran Synod is a US-based Protestant Christian denomination based in Mankato, Minnesota. It describes itself as a conservative, Confessional Lutheran body. The ELS has 130 congregat
Herman Amberg Preus, (1825–1894), a key figure in organizing the Norwegian Synod.
Bethany Lutheran College in Mankato, Minnesota
The Evangelical Lutheran Church in America is a Mainline Protestant church headquartered in Chicago, Illinois. The ELCA was officially formed on January 1, 1988, by the merging of three Lutheran churc
Evangelical Lutheran Synod
…and missions in Peru, Chile, India, South Korea, Ukraine, Czech Republic, and Latvia. Note that the ELS uses the term synod differently from the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America and is a separate denomination. The Evangelical Lutheran Synod traces its history back to 1853 when the Norwegian Synod was organized in the Midwestern…
Evangelical Lutheran Church in Frederick, Maryland (1752)
ELCA's then-Presiding Bishop Mark Hanson speaking at the inauguration of a new Augsburg University president in 2006
Augustana Lutheran Church in Washington, D.C., is a "Reconciling in Christ" congregation, meaning they welcome all people, regardless of sexual orientation or gender identity.
ELCA ministers Richard and Bonnie Jensen, significant figures in the founding of the ELCA