Association of Evangelical Lutheran Churches information
Defunct Christian denomination in the United States
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Association of Evangelical Lutheran Churches
Abbreviation
AELC
Classification
Lutheran
Associations
Lutheran Council in the United States of America
Region
United States
Origin
December 1976
Separated from
Lutheran Church–Missouri Synod
Merged into
Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (1988)
Congregations
250 (1986)
Members
103,263 (1986)
Ministers
672 (1986)
The Association of Evangelical Lutheran Churches (AELC) was a U.S. church body that existed from 1976 through the end of 1987. The AELC formed when approximately 250 dissident congregations withdrew from the Lutheran Church–Missouri Synod (LCMS) in 1976, and ended as an independent body when it became part of the new Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA) on January 1, 1988.
In 1986, just before its merger into the ELCA, the AELC had 672 pastors, 250 congregations, and 103,263 members.[1]
^"Association of Evangelical Lutheran Churches". American Denomination Profiles. Association of Religion Data Archives. Retrieved July 28, 2017.
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