| LC control no. | n 80057065 |
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| Descriptive conventions | rda |
| Corporate name heading | Lutheran Church--Missouri Synod |
| Variant(s) | LCMS (Lutheran Church--Missouri Synod) Li︠u︡teranskai︠a︡ T︠S︡erkovʹ - Sinod Missuri Missouri Synod (Lutheran) Лютеранская Церковь - Синод Миссури |
| See also | American Association of Lutheran Churches Absorbed corporate body: National Evangelical Lutheran Church (U.S.) Absorbed corporate body: Synod of Evangelical Lutheran Churches Membership corporate body: International Lutheran Council Predecessor: Evangelical Lutheran Synod of Missouri, Ohio, and Other States Founded corporate body of corporate body: Lutheran Council in the USA Product of split: Lutheran Churches of the Reformation Product of split: Association of Evangelical Lutheran Churches (U.S.) Product of split: Lutheran Church (Canada) |
| Beginning date | 1947 |
| Located | Kirkwood (Mo.) |
| Address | LCMS International Center; 1333 S. Kirkwood Road St. Louis MO 63122-7226 |
| Field of activity | Lutheran Church |
| Special note | The following subdivision has not been used as a heading: Lutheran Church--Missouri Synod. Fiscal Office Non-Latin script reference not evaluated. |
| Found in | Moving frontiers, 1964: p. 142, etc. (German Evangelical Lutheran Synod of Missouri, Ohio, and Other States org. 1847; later renamed without the "German" and still later as The Lutheran Church--Missouri Synod) The Lutherans in North America, 1980: p. 528 (1947, Missouri Synod ch. its name to Lutheran Church--Missouri Synod) Lutz, C.P. Loving neighbors far and near, c1994: CIP introd. (Lutheran Church--Missouri Synod; LCMS) Kak propovedovatʹ vashu khristianskui︠u︡ veru sredi musulʹman = Как проповедовать вашу христианскую веру среди мусульман, 1997: title page verso (printed by Лютеранская Церковь - Синод Миссури = Li︠u︡teranskai︠a︡ T︠S︡erkovʹ - Sinod Missuri) Wikipedia, searched December 19, 2020 (Association of Evangelical Lutheran Churches (AELC); split off from the Lutheran Church-Missouri Synod in 1976 over theological differences) <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Association_of_Evangelical_Lutheran_Churches> Wikipedia, searched January 13, 2021 (Lutheran Church--Missouri Synod; LCMS; confessional Lutheran church body; currently the second-largest Lutheran body in the United States; headquartered in Kirkwood (Mo.); member of the International Lutheran Council, and in altar/pulpit fellowship with American Association of Lutheran Churches; formed in 1847 in Chicago; original name: German Evangelical Lutheran Synod of Missouri, Ohio, and Other States = Die Deutsche Evangelisch-Lutherische Synode von Missouri, Ohio und Andern Staaten; at some point between 1847 and 1947, shortened its name to the Evangelical Lutheran Synod of Missouri, Ohio, and Other States; officially renamed to Lutheran Church--Missouri Synod in 1947; absorptions include: the Evangelical Lutheran Synod of Illinois and Other States in 1880, the Evangelical Lutheran Concordia Synod of Pennsylvania and Other States in 1886, the English Evangelical Lutheran Synod of Missouri and Other States in 1911, the Synodical Conference Negro Mission in 1961, the National Evangelical Lutheran Church in 1964, and the Synod of Evangelical Lutheran Churches in 1971; separations include: the Orthodox Lutheran Conference in 1951, the Lutheran Churches of the Reformation in 1964, the Association of Evangelical Churches in 1976, the Evangelical Lutheran Church of Brazil in 1980, the Evangelical Lutheran Church of Argentina in 1986, and the Lutheran Church--Canada in 1988) <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lutheran_Church%E2%80%93Missouri_Synod> |
| Not found in | Encyc. Amer. religions, 1971: v. 1, p. 99 (absorbed National Evangelical Lutheran Church in 1962); The Lutheran witness, Apr. 20, 1948: t.p. (Evangelical Lutheran Synod of Missouri, Ohio, and Other States) |
| Associated language | eng |
| Invalid LCCN | n 80106602 |
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