Lutheran Church–Missouri Synod

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Christian church body Lutheran denomination Protestant denomination

The Lutheran Church–Missouri Synod is a conservative, confessional Lutheran denomination in the United States known for its strict adherence to biblical inerrancy and traditional Lutheran doctrine.

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All labels observed (6)

Label Occurrences
Lutheran Church–Missouri Synod canonical 22
Confessional Lutheranism 1
German Evangelical Lutheran Synod of Missouri, Ohio, and Other States 1

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Christian church body ⓘ
Lutheran denomination ⓘ
Protestant denomination ⓘ
clergyTitle pastor ⓘ
confessionalStandard Augsburg Confession ⓘ
Book of Concord ⓘ
Luther's Small Catechism ⓘ
surface form: Luther’s Small Catechism
country United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
denominationalFamily Lutheranism ⓘ
doctrine Trinitarianism ⓘ
biblical inerrancy ⓘ
closed communion ⓘ
creationism ⓘ
justification by faith alone ⓘ
male-only pastoral office ⓘ
original sin ⓘ
real presence of Christ in the Eucharist ⓘ
sacramental theology ⓘ
ecclesialCommunion Lutheran Church–Canada (close partner) ⓘ
other confessional Lutheran church bodies worldwide ⓘ
educationInstitution Concordia Seminary, St. Louis ⓘ
Concordia Theological Seminary, Fort Wayne ⓘ
educationSystem Concordia University System ⓘ
foundedBy German Lutheran immigrants ⓘ
foundingYear 1847 ⓘ
governingBody Synodical convention ⓘ
headquartersLocation St. Louis, Missouri, United States ⓘ
surface form: St. Louis, Missouri
historicalLanguageOfWorship German ⓘ
languageOfWorship English ⓘ
leaderTitle President ⓘ
liturgicalPractice historic Lutheran liturgy ⓘ
membershipType congregations ⓘ
missionFocus church planting ⓘ
parish education ⓘ
world missions ⓘ
ordinationPolicy does not ordain women as pastors ⓘ
originalName Lutheran Church–Missouri Synod self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: German Evangelical Lutheran Synod of Missouri, Ohio, and Other States
polity congregational with synodical structure ⓘ
publishingHouse Concordia Publishing House ⓘ
selfDescription confessional ⓘ
orthodox Lutheran ⓘ
stanceOnAbortion pro-life ⓘ
stanceOnOrdinationOfWomen opposes ordination of women ⓘ
stanceOnSameSexMarriage opposes same-sex marriage ⓘ
theologicalOrientation confessional Lutheran ⓘ
conservative ⓘ
viewOnEcumenism restrictive altar and pulpit fellowship ⓘ
viewOnScripture Scripture is the inspired and inerrant Word of God ⓘ
worshipStyle predominantly traditional ⓘ

Referenced by (27)

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

Lutheranism → hasSubtradition → Lutheran Church–Missouri Synod ⓘ
this entity surface form: Confessional Lutheranism
Lutheranism → hasMajorBody → Lutheran Church–Missouri Synod ⓘ
Augsburg Confession → acceptedBy → Lutheran Church–Missouri Synod ⓘ
Book of Concord → authorityIn → Lutheran Church–Missouri Synod ⓘ
Lutheran Church–Missouri Synod → originalName → Lutheran Church–Missouri Synod self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: German Evangelical Lutheran Synod of Missouri, Ohio, and Other States
Concordia → isUsedBy → Lutheran Church–Missouri Synod ⓘ
Valparaiso University → affiliation → Lutheran Church–Missouri Synod ⓘ
Concordia University Irvine → religiousAffiliation → Lutheran Church–Missouri Synod ⓘ
Valparaiso, Indiana → religiousAffiliationOfUniversity → Lutheran Church–Missouri Synod ⓘ
this entity surface form: Lutheran Church–Missouri Synod (historical for Valparaiso University)
Evangelical Lutheran Church of Brazil → separatedFrom → Lutheran Church–Missouri Synod ⓘ
Concordia Seminary, St. Louis → affiliation → Lutheran Church–Missouri Synod ⓘ
Concordia Seminary, St. Louis → denomination → Lutheran Church–Missouri Synod ⓘ
Concordia Seminary, St. Louis → primaryServiceArea → Lutheran Church–Missouri Synod ⓘ
Concordia University System → religiousAffiliation → Lutheran Church–Missouri Synod ⓘ
Concordia University System → affiliation → Lutheran Church–Missouri Synod ⓘ
Concordia University System → hasReligiousSponsor → Lutheran Church–Missouri Synod ⓘ
Concordia Publishing House → religiousAffiliation → Lutheran Church–Missouri Synod ⓘ
Concordia Publishing House → parentOrganization → Lutheran Church–Missouri Synod ⓘ
Concordia Publishing House → officialPublisherOf → Lutheran Church–Missouri Synod ⓘ
Lutheran Church–Canada (close partner) → hasCloseRelationshipWith → Lutheran Church–Missouri Synod ⓘ
subject surface form: Lutheran Church–Canada
Lutheran Church–Canada (close partner) → sharesDoctrineWith → Lutheran Church–Missouri Synod ⓘ
subject surface form: Lutheran Church–Canada
Lutheran Church–Canada (close partner) → cooperatesWith → Lutheran Church–Missouri Synod ⓘ
subject surface form: Lutheran Church–Canada
Concordia Theological Seminary, Fort Wayne → affiliation → Lutheran Church–Missouri Synod ⓘ
Concordia Theological Seminary, Fort Wayne → denominationalSeminaryFor → Lutheran Church–Missouri Synod ⓘ
Concordia Theological Seminary, Fort Wayne → serves → Lutheran Church–Missouri Synod ⓘ
this entity surface form: Lutheran Church–Missouri Synod districts
Evangelical Lutheran Church of Kenya → hasInternationalPartnership → Lutheran Church–Missouri Synod ⓘ
this entity surface form: Lutheran Church—Missouri Synod
North American Lutheran churches → hasDenomination → Lutheran Church–Missouri Synod ⓘ