German Evangelical Synod of the Northwest

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Lutheran and Reformed church body Protestant church body

The German Evangelical Synod of the Northwest was a Protestant church body of German immigrant congregations in the American Midwest that played a key role in establishing religious and educational institutions.

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Observed surface forms (1)

Surface form Occurrences
Evangelical Synod of North America 2

Statements (33)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Lutheran and Reformed church body ⓘ
Protestant church body ⓘ
churchPolity synodal ⓘ
country United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
denominationalFamily German Evangelical Synod of the Northwest self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Evangelical Synod of North America
doctrinalInfluence Lutheran confessions ⓘ
Reformed confessions ⓘ
ethnicFocus German Americans ⓘ
historicalEra 19th century ⓘ
early 20th century ⓘ
historicalRole precursor body of the United Church of Christ ⓘ
keyActivity establishment of congregations in Midwestern states ⓘ
founding of educational institutions ⓘ
founding of religious institutions ⓘ
mission work among German-speaking immigrants ⓘ
training of clergy ⓘ
languageOfWorship English ⓘ
German ⓘ
mergedInto Evangelical and Reformed Church ⓘ
United Church of Christ ⓘ
notableContribution development of German-language Protestant congregations in the Midwest ⓘ
integration of German immigrant communities into American religious life ⓘ
support for parochial schools ⓘ
support for theological education ⓘ
partOf German Evangelical Synod of the Northwest self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Evangelical Synod of North America
primaryConstituency German immigrant congregations ⓘ
primaryMissionField Midwestern United States NERFINISHED ⓘ
regionServed American Midwest NERFINISHED ⓘ
religiousPractice celebration of Lutheran and Reformed sacraments ⓘ
use of catechetical instruction ⓘ
religiousTradition Protestantism ⓘ
religiousType mainline Protestant ⓘ
theologicalOrientation union of Lutheran and Reformed traditions ⓘ

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German Evangelical Synod of the Northwest → denominationalFamily → German Evangelical Synod of the Northwest self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Evangelical Synod of North America
Elmhurst University → foundedBy → German Evangelical Synod of the Northwest ⓘ
German Evangelical Synod of the Northwest → partOf → German Evangelical Synod of the Northwest self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Evangelical Synod of North America