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| | Evangelical Lutheran Church in America - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia |
 | | Evangelical Lutheran Church in Canada were part of the ELCA's predecessor churches. | | | As a Lutheran church body, the ELCA professes belief in the "priesthood of all believers", or that all baptized persons are true ministers of the Church. | | | Lutheran World Federation (which includes many automomous national/regional Lutheran church bodies throughout the world), The Episcopal Church, the Moravian Church in America, the Presbyterian Church (USA), the Reformed Church in America, and the |
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Evangelical_Lutheran_Church_in_America
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| | Encyclopedia4U - Wisconsin Evangelical Lutheran Synod - Encyclopedia Article |
| | With a U.S membership of about half a million, it is the largest of the conservative Lutheran church bodies in the world. | | | They believe, teach and confess that Jesus is the center of Scripture and the only way to eternal salvation. | | | Conservative Lutherans view the Bible as the only authoritative source for doctrine. |
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http://www.encyclopedia4u.com/w/wisconsin-evangelical-lutheran-synod.html
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| | CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: Lutherans and Lutheranism |
| | In doctrine official Lutheranism is part of what is called orthodox Protestantism, since it agrees with the Catholic and the Greek Churches in accepting the authority of the Scriptures and of the three most ancient creeds (the Apostles' Creed, the Nicene Creed, and the Athanasian Creed). | | | Under his successor, Christian III (1533-59), the Catholic bishops were deprived of their sees, and the Lutheran Church of Denmark was organized with the king as supreme bishop. | | | For the part he took in the Thirty Years War, he is venerated by Lutherans as the religious hero of their Church, but it is now admitted that reasons of state led Gustavus into that conflict. |
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http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/09458a.htm
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| | Lutherans Concerned/North America |
| | Lutherans Concerned helps people reconcile their spirituality and sexuality in an uplifting way. | | | The Oregon Synod of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA) joined the Reconciling in Christ (RIC) roster of Lutherans Concerned / North America, (LC/NA) at its Synod Assembly, May 27–29, 2005. | | | The church council at Messiah Lutheran Church in Charles City, Iowa, asked a couple to leave the congregation because one partner was transgendered. |
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http://www.lcna.org
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| | USATODAY.com - Mainline churches struggle over gay policy |
| | U.S. Lutherans and Presbyterians are also struggling over the demands of traditional teaching and a compassionate response to gays and lesbians in their congregations. | | | The ELCA is part of the Lutheran World Federation, and its churches in Africa have the same concerns as the Anglicans. | | | On the Lutheran task force, "some people thought unity was the primary consideration," says Bishop Margaret Payne of ELCA's New England synod. |
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http://www.usatoday.com/news/religion/2005-02-21-church-gays_x.htm
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| | Holy Cross Midland |
| | Lutherans are also "full communion partners" with the Anglican Church of Canada, and Holy Cross shares its mission with the local Anglican parishes. | | | Holy Cross is a congregation in the Eastern Synod (Bishop Michael Pryse) of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Canada (Bishop Ray Schultz), which is a member of the Lutheran World Federation. | | | Nestled in the heart of cottage country on the shores of Georgian Bay, Holy Cross Lutheran Church is both a great church home for new comers to the area, as well as a great church home away from home. |
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http://www.holycross.on.ca
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| | Salem Evangelical Lutheran Church |
| | The mission of Salem Lutheran Church is to use our Christ given resources to nurture, support, and encourage one another through a caring, creative ministry, and to promote mission work throughout the community that meets the needs of all. |
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http://www.salemelca.org
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| | Immanuel Evangelical Lutheran Church, Peoria IL - Welcome to Immanuel Lutheran Church |
| | While many churches are giving up the practice of Lutheran doctrine, Immanuel remains an authentic Lutheran congregation and remains committed to the pure Word, the holy sacraments, true worship, and service to the neighbor. | | | If you're looking for a home church that is faithful to the Word and Sacrament ministry, but find yourself torn between the small church/big church debate, consider visiting the congregations of the Small Lutheran Church Summit. | | | Through participation in the Small Lutheran Church Summit, the members of our respective congregations can enjoy the many wonderful blessing of being a member of a smaller confessional congregation, while at the same time enjoying the fellowship and sense of community that comes from consistent family activities. |
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http://immanuelpeoria.org
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| | Evangelical Lutheran Church in Tanzania -- Homepage |
| | The Church is built on Jesus Christ as its foundation, is guided by the Word of God as found in the Old and New Testaments, and is strengthened by the Sacraments. | | | The Conference of Bishops of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Tanzania (ELCT) met in Bukoba between 2nd and 9th February, 2004 for spiritual retreat and prayer. | | | The aim of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Tanzania (ELCT) is to enable people to know Jesus Christ and gain eternal life. |
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http://www.elct.org
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| | THE EVANGELICAL COMMUNITY CHURCH – LUTHERAN - A Lutheran Church in ... |
| | All Lutheran denominations are part of what Comparative Religion scholars call "The Catholic Family of Churches". | | | Insofar as they are trustworthy witnesses to the Gospel, we accept the remainder of The Book of Concord (1580) with certain modifications in Sacramental Theology and Principles of Church Government derived from the (Lutheran) Church of Sweden and the Oxford Movement of the Anglican Communion. | | | Insofar as they are trustworthy witnesses to the Gospel, we also accept the decrees of the Ecumenical Councils of the Church, counting the Council of Jerusalem reported in The Acts of the Apostles (15:1-22) and Galatians (2:1-10) as the first. |
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http://www.ecclnet.org
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| | First Lutheran Church, Palo Alto |
| | As a congregation of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America, we are called to reach out to persons with the Gospel, to nourish individual and corporate faith through word and sacrament, learning and fellowship, and to express Christ's love in meeting human need. | | | First Lutheran Church is one of over 300 congregations in the United States that has declared that lesbian and gay people are equally welcome to join fully in the worship and life of this Christ-centered community. | | | The congregation changed its name to First Evangelical Lutheran Church of Palo Alto, and constructed the present sanctuary. |
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http://www.flcpa.org
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| | Southeast Michigan Synod, ELCA |
| | The Southeast Michigan Synod of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America is one people created by God, redeemed by Christ, and sustained by the Holy Spirit. | | | As one of 65 regional bodies of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America, the Southeast Michigan Synod empowers, supports, and serves its 147 area congregations and their members. | | | We are a diverse part of a changing global community called to witness and serve in response to God's love. |
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http://www.semisynod.org
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| | Evangelical Lutheran |
| | I want them to grow up in a church that is Lutheran, that strongly and clearly proclaims God's Law and God's Gospel, and that rejoices in the precious gifts of the preached Word, Holy Baptism, the Body and Blood of our Lord, and Holy Absolution. | | | My experience with the Sunday school materials on vicarage (we used some stuff from the Lutheran Church in Australia) is that even though they were relatively good, the project is as much to teach the teachers Lutheran doctrine as the students, because the teachers really don't know what the kids need to learn. | | | ** In adopting its Symbols, or Confessions, the Lutheran Church did not adopt doctrines which were foreign to Scripture, but confessed its faith in the doctrines revealed in Scripture.The Symbols, or Confessions of the orthodox Church are simply its affirmation of the Scriptural doctrine over against the denial of it by heretics. |
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http://evangelicallutheran.blogspot.com
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| | Ascension Evangelical Lutheran Church |
| | Hello and welcome to the home page for Ascension Lutheran Church, a congregation of the Metropolitan New York Synod, of the Evangelical Lutheran Church of America. | | | We invite you to share in all that is offered at Ascension Lutheran Church. | | | In the name of Jesus, the doors of our church and our hearts are open to you. |
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http://www.ascensionlutheran.org
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| | Essential Questions - Christianity and Lutheranism |
| | Lutherans also accepted the invitation of Reformed churches (Presbyterian) in America to begin discussions of possible pulpit and altar fellowship. | | | The National Lutheran Commission had been formed in 1917 because the churches were concerned about the spiritual well-being of U.S. service personnel being sent into combat. | | | The LCMS, firmly rooted in confessional conservatism and relatively unchanged since its organization in 1846-47 as "The German Evangelical Lutheran Synod of Missouri, Ohio, and Other States," stood firmly on its belief in the inerrancy of the Bible. |
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http://www.elca.org/co/roots.html
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| | Emanuel Lutheran Church |
| | Emanuel is also a Reconciling in Christ congregation, a program of Lutherans Concerned/North America, that commits congregations to opening their doors to all people, regardless of race, gender or sexual orientation. | | | For more on what this means at Emanuel, use this link to Reconciling in Christ. | | | The people of Emanuel are drawn together by the promise of the Christian faith to make all things new. |
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http://www.emanuelnb.org
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| | Welcome to the CELC Website! |
| | The first congregation of the Czech Evangelical Lutheran Church, St. Paul's, was estabilished in 1991 in the city of Plzen. | | | The groundwork for the Czech Evangelical Lutheran Church was laid when Thoughts of Faith sent a missionary to the Czechoslovakia in 1990. | | | Holy Cross congregation was begun in 2000 at the suggestion of one of the members of St. Paul's congregation, Mrs. |
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http://www.celc.info/cgi-bin/home.cgi?czech01
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| | Evangelical Lutheran Hymnary Handbook |
| | It is used as the closing hymn of the service and at church festivals. | | | This hymn was published by the Norwegian bishop Johan Nordahl Brun in his Evangeliske Sange (Evangelical Hymns) in 1786. | | | This hymn was written by Denis Wortman in 1884, the year of the centennial of the New Brunswick Theological Seminary, of which he was a graduate (1860). |
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http://www.blc.edu/comm/gargy/gargy1/ELH.Hymn.info.GHI.html
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| | Zion Evangelical-Lutheran Church of Detroit |
| | The mission of Zion Church is to bring the Gospel of our Lord in preaching and the Sacraments. | | | You will find that Zion aspires to worship that is beautiful, reverent, traditional and inspiring. | | | A fragile but lively inner-city congregation, Zion is comfortably integrated and has parishioners from various ethnic, religious and socio-economic backgrounds. |
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http://www.ziondetroit.org
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| | Evangelical Lutheran Church of Mount Horeb - Home Page |
| | The Evangelical Lutheran Church of Mount Horeb is a member congregation of the Evangelical Lutheran Church of America. | | | Evangelical Lutheran Church of Mount Horeb is located at: | | | Evangelical Lutheran Church of Mount Horeb - Home Page |
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http://www.elcmthoreb.org
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| | The Evangelical Lutheran Church |
| | Evangelical Lutheran Church in Jordan and the Holy Land (ELCJHL) | | | One of the congregations, and our bishop’s office, is in “the Resurrection neighborhood,” in Jerusalem, a mere 100 yards from the traditional site of the empty tomb. | | | The Evangelical Lutheran Church in Jordan and the Holy Land (ELCJHL) |
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http://www.holyland-lutherans.org
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| | EELC abroad |
| | This was the beginning of orderly functioning of the EELC abroad, registering of congregations in Stockholm, the centre of church life. | | | Huge distances where the area of one congregation has been almost the size of Estonia itself have hindered the work of the Estonian Evangelical Lutheran Church and its congregations. | | | On the basis of this authorisation, Archbishop Johan Kõpp founded in Stockholm the Estonian Evangelical Lutheran Church Committee. |
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http://www.eelk.ee/EELCabroad.html
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| | Evangelical Lutheran Church in Southern Africa |
| | The Evangelical Lutheran Church in Southern Africa (or ELCSA) is by far the largest of the Lutheran Churches in South Africa with 615 000 members. | | | Please note that there are also other Lutheran Churches in South Africa. | | | ELCSA has long been a member of the Lutheran Community of Southern Africa (LUCSA), the Lutheran World Federation (LWF) and the South African Council of Churches (SACC). |
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http://www.geocities.com/heartland/meadows/7589/elcsa.html
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| | Bethel Evangelical Lutheran Church Home Page |
| | Bethel Evangelical Lutheran Church Invites all 7th and 8th graders to explore their faith in Jesus Christ in our Confirmation program. | | | We are a congregation of the Metropolitan Washington D.C. Synod of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA). | | | Responding to the grace of God in Jesus Christ, we at Bethel Evangelical Lutheran Church welcome all people, celebrate God’s presence, grow in God’s grace, and serve others. |
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http://www.pwcweb.com/bethel
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| | Confessing Evangelical |
| | And let's not forget the two LSBs, the Lutheran Service Book coming next year, and then the ESV-based Lutheran Study Bible hopefully sometime in 2007. | | | We spent last weekend in Cambridge, and on Sunday morning we visited Resurrection Lutheran Church for Divine Service. | | | I once came across the point - alas, I cannot for the life of me remember where - that the perception that Protestantism is "northern European" in temperament (cool, rational, a bit repressed) whereas Roman Catholicism is "southern European" (with all the opposite attributes) is really just an accident of history and geography. |
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http://confessingevangelical.blogspot.com
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| | St. John Evangelical Lutheran Church, Meyersville, Texas |
| | Our church was the first to be established in DeWitt County and was one of the first 5 Lutheran Churches in Texas. | | | Our first church was built in 1850 and our congregation was formed in 1851. | | | John is one of the oldest Lutheran congregations in Texas. |
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http://www.ortech-engr.com/churches/stjohn
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| | Nebraska Synod, ELCA Website: Welcome! |
| | Nebraska Synod& small and large congregations offer God’s word and sacraments, Lutheran Christian fellowship and community in the open country, in the busy cities, in the towns and villages, as people are Living in God's Amazing Grace. | | | More than 124,000 ELCA Lutherans belong to the 260+ congregations in the Nebraska Synod. |
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http://www.nebraskasynod.org
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| | The Lutheran World Federation |
| | LWF Presence Significant in View of Lutherans, Roman Catholics’ "Shared Faith Journey" More... | | | The Second Inter-Faith Action for Peace in Africa (IFAPA) Summit opened here on April 21 with religious and secular leaders affirming the need for concerted efforts toward preventing conflicts and averting human-made catastrophes. | | | Founded in 1947 in Lund, Sweden, the LWF now has 138 member churches in 77 countries all over the world representing nearly 66 million Christians. |
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| | Evangelical Lutheran Church in Canada - Global Lutheran Community |
| | Germany ~ Evangelical Church in Germany (EKD; The EKD is composed of the Evangelical Church of the Union and 24 regional churches) | | | USA ~ First United Lutheran Church and St. | | | South Africa ~ Evangelical Lutheran Church in Southern Africa (Cape Church) (LWF; via Joachim Schubert) |
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http://www.elcic.ca/direct/lutheran.html
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| | The Lutheran World Federation - Tenth Assembly |
| | From 21 to 31 July 2003, delegates from the Lutheran World Federation (LWF) member churches gathered in Winnipeg, Canada, for the LWF Tenth Assembly, hosted by the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Canada (ELCIC). | | | The newly-elected LWF P resident, Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA) Presiding Bishop Mark S. Hanson, expressed profound gratitude to his predecessor, Bishop em. | | | Deep gratitude to the LWF Tenth Assembly host church |
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http://www.lwf-assembly.org
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| | ALPB ONLINE |
| | Committed to an understanding of Lutheran tradition as evangelical and catholic, the ALPB affirms the Church's scriptural and confessional foundations in order to foster renewal not only within the present Evangelical Lutheran Church in America, Lutheran Church-Missouri Synod and Evangelical Lutheran Church in Canada but also Lutheran churches abroad and the wider ecumenical community. | | | The ALPB holds that all those under Christ who hold fast the Scriptures and Lutheran Confessions have a common life, with a distinctive role to play in conveying the Gospel message. | | | Pastor Emeitus, St. Matthew's Lutheran Church, White Plains, NY Adress: The Renaissance |
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| | ELH.Home |
| | The Evangelical Lutheran Hymnary was compiled by the worship committee of the Evangelical Lutheran Synod, a group of pastors and congregations who trace their theological and denominational lineage through the Norwegian immigration of the nineteenth century to the Danish/Norwegian Reformation of the sixteenth century. | | | Why is the Lutheran Church a Liturgical Church? | | | The book is built around the historic calendar of the Christian Church, with hymns arranged according to the topics or themes of the Sundays and Festivals of the Church Year. |
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http://www.blc.edu/comm/gargy/gargy1/ELH.html
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| | tulsa first lutheran church and child care center |
| | First Evangelical Lutheran Church is a community of believers gathered in the name of Jesus Christ -- committed to the biblical mission to bring the love and mercy of Jesus to everyday life through its ministries. | | | First Evangelical Lutheran Church is a caring place, a forgiving place, a renewing place and a place of new beginnings. | | | All the ministry opportunities listed in this web page are open to the public and to all the people who enter the doors of First Evangelical Lutheran Church every day of the week. |
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http://www.firstlutherantulsa.org
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| | India Evangelical Lutheran Church |
| | In 1932 Mt. Zion Lutheran Church was dedicated in the Kodaikanal hill station. | | | The Malabar Mission Circle is an integral part of the India Evangelical Lutheran Church, and is supported in | | | Much Cause for Joy -- and Some for Learning: A Report on 75 Years of Mission in India, by Herbert M. Zorn (Missouri Evangelical Lutheran India Mission, Malappuram, Kerala, 1970) |
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http://www.gracelutheranchurch.ca/MMS_IELC.html
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| | Resurrection Evangelical Lutheran Church - Homepage |
| | The mission of Resurrection Evangelical Lutheran Church is to share the Gospel, the Good News of Jesus Christ to a needy world. | | | Our Sunday morning worship service starts at 10:30 a.m. | | | We believe the Bible is the divinely inspired, inerrant and infallible Word of God and the Lutheran confessional writings are the correct interpretaion of Scripture. |
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http://www.resurrectionlutheranchurch.org
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| | Emanuel Evangelical Lutheran Church |
| | Emanuel Evangelical Lutheran Church is a congregation of the Southeastern Pennsylvania Synod of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America. | | | Welcome to Emanuel Evangelical Lutheran Church, a multicultural community of faith in a vibrant emerging Philadelphia neighborhood. | | | All site contents copyright © 1995-2002 Emanuel Evangelical Lutheran Church unless otherwise indicated herein. |
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http://www.emanuel-lutheran.org
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| | Welcome to the Northwestern Ohio Synod |
| | The cross is at the heart of the Lutheran understanding of the Gospel and will be the center of our life and work together as a synod. | | | All those who are baptized into Christ have a part in God’s mission to the world. | | | Marked with the cross of Christ forever, we who belong to the congregations, agencies, and ministries of this synod, together, will witness to God’s creative and redeeming Word to all the world. |
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http://www.nwos-elca.org
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| | Minneapolis Area Synod -- Home Page |
| | Bishop Babba is archbishop of the Lutheran Church of Christ in Nigeria, the companion synod to the Minneapolis Area Synod. | | | Find answers to your questions about faith, Lutheranism, the Bible, and much more. | | | Link to Lutheran Coalition for Public Policy to find out how you and your congregation can influence your representatives. |
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http://www.mpls-synod.org
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| | Trinity Lutheran -- Zanesville, Ohio |
| | At present our congregation numbers 1108 active baptized members, of which 846 are confirmed. | | | Pastor Richard is a 2004 graduate of Concordia Theological Seminary, Fort Wayne, Indiana. | | | Contact the church office to schedule your activity. |
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http://www.telcz.org
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| | New England Synod - Evangelical Lutheran Church in America |
| | Rooted in the gospel, we live in God's abundance, reaching out to new partners, new mission and new efforts to be a public witness to the gospel. | | | Ministry here is branching out and deepening -- we invite you to join us. | | | We are also rooted in our Lutheran traditions with an emphasis on excellent preaching and teaching. |
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http://www.nesynod.org
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| | Sask Synod ELCIC |
| | This study on " A Lutheran Reading of Scripture for Faithful Conversation " was requested by the Saskatchewan Synod Council to assist our members to discuss with care the question of how our church will regard gay and lesbian persons in our church and in society. | | | The Regina Council of Churches will host Vision 100 on Saturday, September 24, 2005 at Western Christian College to celebrate the Christian Church’s presence in Saskatchewan over the past 100 years. | | | Evangelical Lutheran Church in Canada - Saskatchewan Synod Office |
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http://www.sasksynod.elcic.ca
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| | Zion Evangelical Lutheran Church, Cleveland |
| | Here at Zion Evangelical Lutheran Church where Jesus Christ is worshipped and praised as the Savior of the world, we invite you to find spirited strength for your daily life and joy in the Christian fellowship | | | To RENEW and EXPAND the WORSHIP and WORD EXPERIENCES of MEMBERS and NON-MEMBERS of ALL AGES in the IMMEDIATE and BROADER COMMUNITY of ZION EVANGELICAL LUTHERAN CHURCH | | | First Sunday of the month: Coffee hour with devotions after worship service. |
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http://www.zionlutherancleveland.org
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| | Evangelical Lutheran Church in America |
| | In places where there are few or no Lutheran congregations, there are often "international" churches, so there is a link to the Web site for International Churches in Europe, Middle East, and Africa, too. | | | There are also several essays about ethics, and opportunities for feedback and getting on a list for announcements of future issues. |
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http://www.elca.org
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| | Welcome to Faith Evangelical Lutheran Church |
| | Note: We understand many items are out of date on this site and we are working to catch them up as soon as possible. | | | (Women of the Evengelical Lutheran Church of America) | | | A congregation of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America • 800 Waconia Parkway North, Waconia, MN 55387 • 952-442-2101 |
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http://www.waconiafaithlutheran.com
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