Lutheran Church–Missouri Synod

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/Lutheran_Church–Missouri_Synod
GPTKB entity
Statements (52)
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
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Lutheran Church–Missouri Synod
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
gptkb:Protestantism
gptkb:religious_art
gptkbp:bfsLayer 4