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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]
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Lutheran denominations are Protestant church bodies that identify, to a greater or lesser extent, with the theology of Martin Luther and with the writings contained in the Book of Concord. Most Lutheran denominations are affiliated with one or more regional, national, or international associations, the largest of which—the Lutheran World ...
Mar 5, 2019 · Today in America, the two largest Lutheran church bodies are the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA), with more than 3.7 million members in 9,320 congregations, and The Lutheran Church-Missouri Synod (LCMS) with more than 2.3 million members in 6,100 congregations. Within the United States there are more than 25 other Lutheran bodies ...
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Synod, but all these new immigrant Lutheran denominations grew rapidly, and by 1900 Lutherans were the third-largest Protestant “family” in the United States, after the Baptists and Methodists.
- Mark A. Granquist
- 2016
In this way, more than 90 percent of the Lutherans in North America in the 1960s and 1970s came to be organized in three churches: the Lutheran Church in America (LCA), the American Lutheran Church (ALC), and the Lutheran Church — Missouri Synod. What was especially significant is that these mergers brought together Lutherans of diverse ...
Jul 12, 2024 · With 3.4 million members, the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA) is the largest American Lutheran denomination, followed by the Lutheran Church–Missouri Synod (LCMS) with 2.0 million members, and the Wisconsin Evangelical Lutheran Synod (WELS) with 350,000 members.
