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Evangelical Lutheran Church in America

Lutheran Mainline Protestant denomination in the United States

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Dec 5, 2025
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Lutheran social services part of which Lutheran synod

Lutheran Social Services is not a single monolithic agency tied to one Lutheran synod; instead, local “Lutheran Social Services” agencies are typically affiliated with either the Evangelical Lutheran ...

Dec 10, 2025
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What services do synod-run Lutheran social ministries typically provide?

Synod-run and related Lutheran social ministries deliver a wide array of health-and-human-services spanning senior care, housing, disaster response, refugee and immigration assistance, counseling, add...

Jan 8, 2026

What do Anglican and Lutheran denominations officially say about abortion?

Anglican denominations are officially divergent: mainstream provinces such as The Episcopal Church in the U.S. frame abortion conversations around pastoral care, responsible family planning and suppor...

Dec 21, 2025

Which postwar Lutheran institutions have officially repudiated Luther’s antisemitic writings and when did they do so?

Several major postwar Lutheran bodies have formally repudiated Martin Luther’s antisemitic writings: the Lutheran World Federation issued a public acknowledgement in 1983 (recognizing “the sins of Lut...

Dec 14, 2025

How have modern Lutheran churches treated the books Luther placed in the Apocrypha since the Reformation?

Since the Reformation Martin Luther and most Lutheran bodies have treated the Old Testament deuterocanonical books as non‑canonical but “useful and good to read,” often printed in a separate Apocrypha...