General Synod of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in the United States
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Evangelical Lutheran Church of the General Synod in the United States
Evangelical Lutheran General Synod of the United States of America
General Synod (General Synod of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in the United States)
General Synod of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in the United States of America
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found: NUCMC data from U. of SC, Caroliniana Lib. for Muller family. Papers, 1736-1891(General Synod of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in the United States)
found: Confessio Augustana. The Augsburg Confession and formula for the government ... [MI] 1890:t.p. (Evangelical Lutheran Church of the General Synod in the United States)
found: Encyc. Lutheran Church, 1965(North Carolina; May 1861 ...inadvisable to meet with northern brethren at next convention; at Concord, N.C., in 1863, formed the General Synod of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in the Confederate States of America)
found: LC data base, 9-20-89(hdg.: General Council of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in North America; organized Nov. 20, 1867 by 13 synods that withdrew from the General Synod of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in the United States)
found: Information from 678 converted Dec. 18, 2014(Organized in 1820; In 1918 the General Synod reunited with the synods that broke away from it to form the United Lutheran Church in America)
found: Wikipedia, searched December 30, 2020(Evangelical Lutheran General Synod of the United States of America; General Synod; established in 1820, Hagerstown, Md.; first national Lutheran body to be established in the United States as a country; merged with other Lutheran denominations in 1918 to form the United Luttheran Church in America; the General Synod for the Confederate States of America, originally part of the larger body, withdrew in 1863 due to the Civil War) - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Evangelical_Lutheran_General_Synod_of_the_United_States_of_America
found: Wikipedia, searched January 14, 2021(under National Lutheran Council: established in 1918; met in Harrisburg, had a planning committee meeting in Pittsburgh, then organized in Chicago; replaced by the Lutheran Council in the United States of America in 1966; founding members:the Evangelical Lutheran General Synod of the United States of America, the General Council of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in North America, the Evangelical Lutheran Joint Synod of Ohio and Other States, the Evangelical Lutheran Synod of Iowa and Other States, the Evangelical Lutheran Augustana Synod in North America, the Norwegian Lutheran Church of America, the Lutheran Free Church, and the Danish Evangelical Lutheran Church in America; the United Synod of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in the South joined shortly thereafter) - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Lutheran_Council
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1982-11-27: new
2021-01-31: revised
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