Lutheran Church - Missouri Synod

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/Lutheran_Church_-_Missouri_Synod

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Statements (79)

Predicate	Object
gptkbp:instanceOf	gptkb:Christian_denomination
gptkbp:abbreviation	gptkb:LCMS
gptkbp:associatedUniversitySystem	gptkb:Concordia_University_System
gptkbp:class	gptkb:Protestantism
gptkbp:confession	gptkb:Book_of_Concord
gptkbp:crest	gptkb:Apostles'_Creed gptkb:Athanasian_Creed gptkb:Nicene_Creed
gptkbp:directionA	Lutheran
gptkbp:ecumenicalRelations	gptkb:Evangelical_Lutheran_Church_of_England gptkb:International_Lutheran_Council gptkb:Lutheran_Church–Canada
gptkbp:founded	1847
gptkbp:foundedIn	gptkb:Chicago,_Illinois,_United_States
gptkbp:hasSeminary	gptkb:Concordia_Seminary,_St._Louis gptkb:Concordia_Theological_Seminary,_Fort_Wayne
gptkbp:headquarters	gptkb:St._Louis,_Missouri,_United_States
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label	Lutheran Church - Missouri Synod
gptkbp:language	gptkb:German English
gptkbp:notablePlayer	gptkb:C.F.W._Walther gptkb:Hermann_Sasse gptkb:Robert_Kolb gptkb:Richard_John_Neuhaus gptkb:August_Pieper gptkb:Charles_Arand gptkb:Franz_Pieper gptkb:John_Nunes gptkb:John_Tietjen gptkb:Matthew_C._Harrison gptkb:David_W._Preus gptkb:J.A.O._Preus_II gptkb:Julius_Bodensieck gptkb:Norman_Nagel gptkb:Robert_Preus gptkb:John_Warwick_Montgomery gptkb:Jacob_Aall_Ottesen_Preus John W. Behnken Paul L. Maier Martin Stephan A.L. Barry Dale Meyer David P. Scaer Edward A. Engelbrecht Frederick William Hoppe Gene Edward Veith Gerald Kieschnick Herman Otten Jack Preus Jeffrey Kloha John F. Johnson John H. Tietjen John H.C. Fritz John T. Pless Oswald Hoffmann Paul E. Kretzmann Paul McCain Paul Raabe Ralph Bohlmann Raymond Hartwig Richard C. Eyer Robert Bugbee Robert H. King Timothy Quill Walter A. Maier William Arndt William C. Weinrich William W. Schumacher
gptkbp:numberOfCongregations	about 6,000
gptkbp:numberOfMembers	about 1.8 million
gptkbp:president	Rev. Dr. Matthew C. Harrison
gptkbp:publishedIn	gptkb:Reporter gptkb:The_Lutheran_Witness
gptkbp:territory	gptkb:United_States
gptkbp:theology	gptkb:Confessional_Lutheranism
gptkbp:website	https://www.lcms.org/
gptkbp:worshipStyle	Liturgical
gptkbp:bfsParent	gptkb:William_A._Stickney_House
gptkbp:bfsLayer	8