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gptkbp:instanceOf
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event
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gptkbp:affiliatedWith
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gptkb:American_Lutheran_Church
gptkb:Lutheran_Church_in_America
gptkb:World_Council_of_Churches
gptkb:National_Council_of_Churches
gptkb:Lutheran_World_Federation
gptkb:Association_of_Evangelical_Lutheran_Churches
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gptkbp:date
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January 1, 1988
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gptkbp:denomination
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gptkb:Lutheranism
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gptkbp:governing_body
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gptkb:Churchwide_Assembly
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gptkbp:headquarters
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gptkb:Chicago,_Illinois
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gptkbp:historicalSignificance
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largest_Lutheran_denomination_in_the_U.S.
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https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label
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Formation of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America
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gptkbp:keyFigures
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gptkb:Bishop_Michael_L._Rinehart
gptkb:Bishop_Elizabeth_A._Eaton
gptkb:Bishop_Richard_Graham
gptkb:Bishop_Paul_E._Egertson
gptkb:Bishop_Michael_Rinehart
gptkb:Bishop_John_S._Bradosky
gptkb:Bishop_David_L._Zellmer
gptkb:Bishop_John_Bradosky
gptkb:Bishop_H._George_Anderson
gptkb:Bishop_Elizabeth_Eaton
gptkb:Bishop_R._Guy_Erwin
gptkb:Bishop_Jim_Hazelwood
gptkb:Bishop_Paul_Egertson
gptkb:Bishop_Patricia_Davenport
gptkb:Bishop_David_Swartling
gptkb:Bishop_Mark_Hanson
gptkb:Bishop_Thomas_Aitken
gptkb:Bishop_Steven_Delzer
Bishop William Gafkjen
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gptkbp:location
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gptkb:United_States
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gptkbp:membership
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approximately 3.3 million
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gptkbp:mission
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to spread the Gospel
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gptkbp:notableEvent
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gptkb:ELCA_World_Hunger
Global Mission
Lutheran Disaster Response
ELCA Youth Gathering
Congregational_Vitality
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gptkbp:religion
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gptkb:Evangelical_Lutheran
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gptkbp:resultedIn
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merger of three Lutheran bodies
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