North American Lutheran churches

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Christian church body Lutheran church body religious organization

North American Lutheran churches are Christian congregations and denominations across the United States and Canada that trace their heritage to the Lutheran Reformation and embody a range of theological and liturgical traditions.

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All labels observed (2)

Label	Occurrences
American Lutheran churches	1
North American Lutheran churches canonical	1

Statements (66)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Christian church body ⓘ Lutheran church body ⓘ religious organization ⓘ
branchOf	Protestantism ⓘ
clergyOffice	bishop ⓘ deacon ⓘ pastor ⓘ
continentServed	North America ⓘ
coreDoctrine	authority of Scripture ⓘ justification by faith alone ⓘ use of Lutheran Confessions ⓘ
countryServed	Canada ⓘ United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
educationEmphasis	Sunday school ⓘ catechesis ⓘ confirmation instruction ⓘ
founderTradition	Martin Luther ⓘ
governanceModel	congregational polity ⓘ episcopal elements in some bodies ⓘ synodical polity ⓘ
hasDenomination	Apostolic Lutheran Church of America ⓘ Association of Free Lutheran Congregations ⓘ Chinese Lutheran congregations in North America ⓘ Church of the Lutheran Brethren of America ⓘ Evangelical Lutheran Church of Estonia ⓘ surface form: Estonian Evangelical Lutheran Church Abroad Ethiopian Evangelical Church Mekane Yesus congregations in North America ⓘ Evangelical Lutheran Church in America ⓘ Evangelical Lutheran Church in Canada ⓘ Evangelical Lutheran Synod ⓘ Evangelical Lutheran Church of Latvia ⓘ surface form: Latvian Evangelical Lutheran Church in America Lutheran Church–Canada ⓘ Lutheran Church–Missouri Synod ⓘ North American Lutheran Church ⓘ Slovak Zion Synod ⓘ Wisconsin Evangelical Lutheran Synod ⓘ
historicalOrigin	Lutheran Reformation ⓘ
languageUsed	Baltic languages ⓘ English ⓘ German ⓘ Scandinavian languages ⓘ Spanish ⓘ various immigrant languages ⓘ
liturgicalTradition	liturgical worship ⓘ use of church year ⓘ use of lectionary ⓘ
missionFocus	evangelism in North America ⓘ global missions ⓘ
operatesInstitutionType	college ⓘ parish school ⓘ seminary ⓘ
organizationalForm	congregation ⓘ denomination ⓘ
primaryWorshipDay	Sunday ⓘ
religiousTradition	Lutheranism ⓘ
sacramentalPractice	Holy Eucharist ⓘ surface form: Eucharist baptism ⓘ
sacramentalTheology	real presence in the Eucharist ⓘ
socialMinistry	charitable service ⓘ disaster response ⓘ refugee resettlement ⓘ
theologicalSpectrum	confessional Lutheran ⓘ conservative evangelical ⓘ evangelical catholic ⓘ mainline Protestant ⓘ
usesConfessionalDocument	Augsburg Confession ⓘ Lutheran confessional writings ⓘ

Referenced by (2)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Evangelical Catholic Lutheranism → presentIn → North American Lutheran churches ⓘ

Danish Americans → hasCulturalInfluence → North American Lutheran churches ⓘ

this entity surface form: American Lutheran churches