Augustana Evangelical Lutheran Church

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Augustana Evangelical Lutheran Church was a historically Swedish-American Lutheran denomination in the United States that later became part of the Lutheran Church in America.

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Augustana Evangelical Lutheran Church canonical 6

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Lutheran denomination
Protestant Christian denomination
archivesLocation Augustana College
surface form: Augustana College, Rock Island, Illinois
clergyEducationInstitution Augustana Theological Seminary
confession Augsburg Confession
Book of Concord
surface form: Book of Concord (in part)
country United States of America
surface form: United States
denominationalFamily Protestantism
dissolved 1962
educationalInstitutionFounded Augustana College
surface form: Augustana College (Rock Island, Illinois)

Bethany College (Lindsborg, Kansas)
California Lutheran University
surface form: California Lutheran Bible School (precursor to California Lutheran University involvement)

Gustavus Adolphus College
ethnicCharacter Swedish-American
founded 1860
foundedAs Scandinavian Evangelical Lutheran Augustana Synod in North America
foundedBy Swedish Lutheran immigrants in the United States
governanceBody synodical convention
hasClergyType Lutheran pastors
headquartersLocation Rock Island, Illinois
heritagePreservedIn Evangelical Lutheran Church in America
historicalSignificance major Swedish-American Lutheran body in the United States
influenced Lutheran Church in America
laterName Augustana Evangelical Lutheran Church self-link
liturgicalTradition Lutheran liturgy
memberOf Lutheran World Federation
National Lutheran Council
mergedInto Lutheran Church in America
mergedIntoDate 1962
mergedWith American Evangelical Lutheran Church
Finnish Evangelical Lutheran Church of America
surface form: Finnish Evangelical Lutheran Church of America (Suomi Synod)

United Lutheran Church in America
notableEthnicFocus Swedish Lutherans in America
orientation Pietist-influenced Lutheranism
polity synodal
primaryConstituency Swedish immigrants and their descendants
primaryLanguage English
Swedish
primaryMissionField Swedish immigrant communities in the United States
reasonForDissolution church merger
regionServed Midwestern United States
United States of America
surface form: United States
religion Lutheranism
resultOfMerger Lutheran Church in America
seminaryFounded Augustana Theological Seminary
successor Lutheran Church in America
theology Lutheran confessional
typeOfOrganization religious organization
worshipStyle liturgical

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Lutheran Church in America formedByMergerOf Augustana Evangelical Lutheran Church
Lutheran Church in America predecessor Augustana Evangelical Lutheran Church
LCA mergedFrom Augustana Evangelical Lutheran Church
subject surface form: Lutheran Church in America
LCA predecessor Augustana Evangelical Lutheran Church
subject surface form: Lutheran Church in America
Augustana Evangelical Lutheran Church laterName Augustana Evangelical Lutheran Church self-link
United Lutheran Church in America mergedWith Augustana Evangelical Lutheran Church