Lutheran Church in America

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Christian denomination Lutheran denomination Protestant denomination

The Lutheran Church in America was a major U.S. Lutheran denomination that existed from 1962 until it joined with others in 1988 to form the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America.

Aliases (1)

Finnish Evangelical Lutheran Church of America ×2

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Christian denomination → Lutheran denomination → Protestant denomination →
abbreviation	LCA →
allowedOrdinationOf	women →
churchPolity	episcopal polity →
classification	mainline Lutheran body in the United States →
clergyType	ordained pastors →
country	United States →
denominationalFamily	Lutheranism →
dissolved	1988 →
doctrine	Augsburg Confession → Lutheran confessional writings →
formedByMergerOf	American Evangelical Lutheran Church → Augustana Evangelical Lutheran Church → Finnish Evangelical Lutheran Church of America → United Lutheran Church in America →
founded	1962 →
headquartersLocation	New York City →
headquartersState	New York →
languageOfWorship	Danish → English → Finnish → German → Norwegian → Swedish →
membershipType	baptized members →
mergedInto	Evangelical Lutheran Church in America →
orientation	mainline Protestant →
partOf	Lutheran World Federation → National Council of Churches → World Council of Churches →
practice	Eucharist → infant baptism →
predecessor	American Evangelical Lutheran Church → Augustana Evangelical Lutheran Church → Finnish Evangelical Lutheran Church of America → United Lutheran Church in America →
reasonForDissolution	merged to form Evangelical Lutheran Church in America →
regionServed	Canada → Caribbean → United States →
religion	Christianity →
scripture	Bible →
status	defunct religious organization →
successor	Evangelical Lutheran Church in America →
theology	Lutheran theology →

Referenced by (3)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Lutheran Church in America ("Finnish Evangelical Lutheran Church of America") →	formedByMergerOf
Evangelical Lutheran Church in America →	foundedByMergerOf
Lutheran Church in America ("Finnish Evangelical Lutheran Church of America") →	predecessor