Lutheran Church–Missouri Synod

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/Lutheran_Church–Missouri_Synod

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Predicate	Object
gptkbp:instanceOf	gptkb:Christian_denomination
gptkbp:abbreviation	gptkb:LCMS
gptkbp:affiliatedWith	gptkb:Concordia_University_System
gptkbp:class	gptkb:Protestantism
gptkbp:compatibleWith	gptkb:Lutheran_World_Federation
gptkbp:directionA	Confessional Lutheran
gptkbp:doctrine	gptkb:Book_of_Concord
gptkbp:emphasizes	Biblical inerrancy Closed communion Male-only ordination
gptkbp:founded	1847
gptkbp:foundedIn	gptkb:Chicago,_Illinois,_United_States
gptkbp:governingBody	Synodical convention
gptkbp:hasClergy	gptkb:priest gptkb:teacher Deaconess
gptkbp:hasSeminary	gptkb:Concordia_Seminary,_St._Louis gptkb:Concordia_Theological_Seminary,_Fort_Wayne
gptkbp:headquarters	gptkb:Kirkwood,_Missouri,_United_States
gptkbp:historicalName	German immigrants
gptkbp:language	gptkb:German English
gptkbp:memberOf	gptkb:International_Lutheran_Council
gptkbp:mission	gptkb:Africa gptkb:Asia gptkb:Eurasia gptkb:Latin_America
gptkbp:motto	Witness, Mercy, Life Together
gptkbp:numberOfCongregations	about 6,000
gptkbp:numberOfMembers	about 1.8 million
gptkbp:originalName	gptkb:German_Evangelical_Lutheran_Synod_of_Missouri,_Ohio,_and_Other_States
gptkbp:president	gptkb:Matthew_C._Harrison
gptkbp:publishedIn	gptkb:Lutheran_Service_Book
gptkbp:publishes	gptkb:Concordia_Publishing_House gptkb:Portals_of_Prayer gptkb:Reporter gptkb:The_Lutheran_Witness
gptkbp:regionServed	gptkb:Canada gptkb:United_States International missions
gptkbp:relatedTo	gptkb:Evangelical_Lutheran_Church_in_America gptkb:Wisconsin_Evangelical_Lutheran_Synod
gptkbp:structure	Congregationalist polity
gptkbp:theology	gptkb:Lutheranism
gptkbp:website	https://www.lcms.org/
gptkbp:worshipStyle	Liturgical
gptkbp:youthClub	gptkb:Lutheran_Youth_Fellowship
gptkbp:bfsParent	gptkb:Lutheranism
gptkbp:bfsLayer	4
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label	Lutheran Church–Missouri Synod