American Lutheran Church

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The American Lutheran Church was a major U.S. Lutheran denomination that existed in the mid-20th century and later became part of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA).

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Christian denomination
Lutheran denomination
Protestant denomination
acceptsConfession Book of Concord (in part or whole)
linked to: Book of Concord
allowsClergyMarriage yes
approximateMembershipAtMerger about 2.25 million members
beganOrdainingWomen 1970
churchPolity congregationalist with synodical structure
country United States
dateDissolved 1988
dateFounded 1960
denominationalFamily American Lutheranism
doctrine Augsburg Confession
emphasis justification by faith
law and gospel distinction
liturgical worship
formedByMergerOf American Lutheran Church (1930–1960)
Evangelical Lutheran Church
United Evangelical Lutheran Church
foundingContext mid-20th-century consolidation of U.S. Lutheran bodies
governanceBody church council
churchwide assembly
presiding bishop
hasClergyType ordained pastors
headquartersLocation Minneapolis, Minnesota
linked to: Minneapolis
liturgicalLanguage English
mergedInto Evangelical Lutheran Church in America
mergedSuccessorIncludes Association of Evangelical Lutheran Churches
Lutheran Church in America
notableCharacteristic one of the three major U.S. Lutheran bodies that formed the ELCA
numberOfCongregationsAtMerger about 5,000 congregations
ordinationOfWomen permitted
orientation mainline Protestant
participatesIn Lutheran World Federation
National Council of Churches
World Council of Churches
practices Eucharist
infant baptism
primaryLanguage English
regionServed Canada
Caribbean
Other mission fields worldwide
United States
religiousFamily Protestantism
religiousTradition Lutheranism
status defunct denomination
successor Evangelical Lutheran Church in America
theology Lutheran
viewOnScripture authority of the Bible in matters of faith and life

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Lutheran Church in America mergedWith American Lutheran Church
subject linked to: LCA
American Lutheran Church formedByMergerOf American Lutheran Church (1930–1960)
linked to: American Lutheran Church