Lutheran Church--Missouri Synod
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Name (Latin)
Lutheran Church--Missouri Synod
Other forms of name
Li︠u︡teranskai︠a︡ T︠S︡erkovʹ - Sinod Missuri
Missouri Synod (Lutheran)
LCMS (Lutheran Church--Missouri Synod)
Field of activity
Lutheran Church
Associated Language
eng
See Also From tracing corporate name
National Evangelical Lutheran Church (U.S.)
Evangelical Lutheran Synod of Missouri, Ohio, and Other States
Other Identifiers
Sources of Information
- Kak propovedovatʹ vashu khristianskui︠u︡ veru sredi musulʹman = Как проповедовать вашу христианскую веру среди мусульман, 1997:title page verso (printed by Лютеранская Церковь - Синод Миссури = Li︠u︡teranskai︠a︡ T︠S︡erkovʹ - Sinod Missuri)
- Association of Evangelical Lutheran Churches (AELC); split off from the Lutheran Church-Missouri Synod in 1976 over theological differences ( (Wikipedia, searched December 19, 2020) )
- Lutheran Church--Missouri Synod; LCMS; confessional Lutheran church body; currently the second-largest Lutheran body in the United States; headquartered in Kirkwood (Mo.); member of the International Lutheran Council, and in altar/pulpit fellowship with American Association of Lutheran Churches; formed in 1847 in Chicago; original name: German Evangelical Lutheran Synod of Missouri, Ohio, and Other States = Die Deutsche Evangelisch-Lutherische Synode von Missouri, Ohio und Andern Staaten; at some point between 1847 and 1947, shortened its name to the Evangelical Lutheran Synod of Missouri, Ohio, and Other States; officially renamed to Lutheran Church--Missouri Synod in 1947; absorptions include: the Evangelical Lutheran Synod of Illinois and Other States in 1880, the Evangelical Lutheran Concordia Synod of Pennsylvania and Other States in 1886, the English Evangelical Lutheran Synod of Missouri and Other States in 1911, the Synodical Conference Negro Mission in 1961, the National Evangelical Lutheran Church in 1964, and the Synod of Evangelical Lutheran Churches in 1971; separations include: the Orthodox Lutheran Conference in 1951, the Lutheran Churches of the Reformation in 1964, the Association of Evangelical Churches in 1976, the Evangelical Lutheran Church of Brazil in 1980, the Evangelical Lutheran Church of Argentina in 1986, and the Lutheran Church--Canada in 1988 ( (Wikipedia, searched January 13, 2021) )
- Moving frontiers, 1964:p. 142, etc. (German Evangelical Lutheran Synod of Missouri, Ohio, and Other States org. 1847; later renamed without the "German" and still later as The Lutheran Church--Missouri Synod)
- The Lutherans in North America, 1980:p. 528 (1947, Missouri Synod ch. its name to Lutheran Church--Missouri Synod)
- Lutz, C.P. Loving neighbors far and near, c1994:CIP introd. (Lutheran Church--Missouri Synod; LCMS)