Defunct Christian denomination in the United States
Augustana Evangelical Lutheran Church
Classification
Lutheran
Associations
National Lutheran Council
Region
United States
Origin
June 1860 Jefferson Prairie Settlement, Wisconsin
Separations
Conference of the Norwegian-Danish Evangelical Lutheran Church of America (1870) Norwegian Augustana Synod (1870) Mission Friends
Merged into
Lutheran Church in America (1962)
Congregations
1,219
Members
619,040
Ministers
1,353
Other name(s)
Scandinavian Evangelical Lutheran Augustana Synod in North America (1860–1870) Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Augustana Synod in North America (1870–1894) Evangelical Lutheran Augustana Synod in North America (1894–1948)
The Augustana Evangelical Lutheran Church (previously the Augustana Lutheran Synod and also Scandinavian Evangelical Lutheran Augustana Synod in North America and Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Augustana Synod in North America) was a Lutheran church body in the United States that was one of the churches that merged into the Lutheran Church in America (LCA) in 1962. It had its roots among the Swedish immigrants in the 19th century.[1]
In 1961, just before its merger into the LCA, the Augustana Synod had 1,353 pastors, 1,219 congregations, and 619,040 members.[2]
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college affiliated with the Swedish-American Augustana Synod (later the AugustanaEvangelicalLutheranChurch) and located in East Orange in Essex County...
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of the Norwegian EvangelicalLutheranChurch in America, commonly called the Norwegian Synod, was founded in 1853. It included churches in Illinois, Iowa...
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American bishop who served as the third Presiding Bishop of the EvangelicalLutheranChurch in America. Before being elected presiding bishop, he served...
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