General Council of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in North America

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Lutheran church body Protestant denomination

The General Council of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in North America was a major 19th- and early 20th-century Lutheran church body in the United States that helped shape American Lutheran theology and organization before merging into larger denominational structures.

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All labels observed (1)

Label	Occurrences
General Council of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in North America canonical	2

Statements (44)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Lutheran church body ⓘ Protestant denomination ⓘ
activeInCentury	19th century ⓘ 20th century ⓘ
contributedTo	development of American Lutheran church polity ⓘ development of American Lutheran theology ⓘ
country	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
denominationalFamily	Evangelical Lutheran NERFINISHED ⓘ
dissolved	1918 ⓘ
doctrinalStandard	Book of Concord NERFINISHED ⓘ
emphasized	strict adherence to Lutheran Confessions ⓘ the Augsburg Confession NERFINISHED ⓘ
engagedIn	education and theological training ⓘ mission work in North America ⓘ
formedBy	Lutheran synods dissatisfied with the General Synod ⓘ
founded	1867 ⓘ
foundedIn	Fort Wayne, Indiana NERFINISHED ⓘ
governanceStructure	representative assembly ⓘ synodical federation ⓘ
hadMemberSynods	Iowa Synod NERFINISHED ⓘ New York Ministerium NERFINISHED ⓘ Ohio Synod NERFINISHED ⓘ Pennsylvania Ministerium NERFINISHED ⓘ
heldGeneralConventions	regularly ⓘ
historicalRole	major 19th-century Lutheran body in the United States ⓘ precursor to larger American Lutheran denominations ⓘ
influenced	later Lutheran mergers in the United States ⓘ
languageOfWorship	English ⓘ German ⓘ
mergedInto	United Lutheran Church in America NERFINISHED ⓘ
mergedWith	General Synod of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in the United States of America NERFINISHED ⓘ United Synod of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in the South NERFINISHED ⓘ
mergerResult	United Lutheran Church in America formed in 1918 ⓘ
participatedIn	Lutheran mergers leading to the United Lutheran Church in America ⓘ
partOf	American Lutheranism ⓘ
positionOnDoctrine	confessional subscription ⓘ
positionOnIntercommunion	restrictive ⓘ
primaryTerritory	United States NERFINISHED ⓘ
regionServed	North America ⓘ
religion	Lutheranism ⓘ
separatedFrom	General Synod of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in the United States of America NERFINISHED ⓘ
status	defunct religious organization ⓘ
theologicalOrientation	confessional Lutheran ⓘ conservative Lutheran ⓘ

Referenced by (2)

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

United Lutheran Church in America → precededBy → General Council of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in North America ⓘ

United Lutheran Church in America → formedByMergerOf → General Council of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in North America ⓘ