| LC control no. | n 88144907 |
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| Descriptive conventions | rda |
| Corporate name heading | Evangelical Lutheran Church in America |
| Variant(s) | ELCA (Evangelical Lutheran Church in America) |
| See also | Founding corporate body: Commission for a New Lutheran Church Component of merger: American Lutheran Church (1961-1987) Component of merger: Association of Evangelical Lutheran Churches (U.S.) Component of merger: Lutheran Church in America Product of split: North American Lutheran Church |
| Beginning date | 1988-01-01 |
| Field of activity | Lutheran Church |
| Special note | Do not confuse with: Evangelical Church of America (n 85054769). |
| Found in | The Lutheran, Jan. 27, 1988: masthead (Evangelical Lutheran Church in America) cover (ELCA) p. 24 (merger of Lutheran Church in America, American Lutheran Church, Association of Evangelical Lutheran Churches as of 1/1/88) Commission for a New Lutheran Church. Progress report, no. 1: t.p. (Commission for a New Lutheran Church) p. 27 (est. by Association of Evangelical Lutheran Churches, the American Lutheran Church, and the Lutheran Church in America; to prepare for merger of the bodies) Wikipedia, searched January 31, 2021 (under North American Lutheran Church: confessional Lutheran church body; organized in 2010, Hilliard, Ohio; separated from the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA) and Evangelical Lutheran Church in Canada (ELCIC); the separation occurred surrounding issues on the ELCA's position on same-sex couples and the ordination of same-sex clergy in committed relationships) <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/North_American_Lutheran_Church> |
| Associated language | eng |
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