In 1966, Canadian congregations of the ALC formed the autonomous Evangelical Lutheran Church of Canada (ELCC), which in 1986 joined with the Lutheran Church in America – Canada Section (LCA-CS) to form the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Canada (ELCIC).
The churches that formed the AFLC were members of the Lutheran Free Church who did not wish to join The American Lutheran Church.
The ordination of women, approved earlier that year by both the LCA and The American Lutheran Church (ALC) was controversial.
Born and reared in St. Paul, Minnesota, Stendahl was ordained in 1977 into the ministry of The American Lutheran Church now a part of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America.
During his leadership, he played a pivotal role in the merger of his Lutheran Church in America with the American Lutheran Church and the Association of Evangelical Lutheran Churches to form the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America.
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In 1988, building on the outreach and dialogue that Marshall had worked on, the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America was formed by the merger of the relatively liberal Lutheran Church in America with the more conservative American Lutheran Church and Association of Evangelical Lutheran Churches.
American Lutheran Church, a Christian Protestant denomination in the United States
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The Evangelical Lutheran Church in Canada came into being in 1986 through the merger of two predecessor bodies the Evangelical Lutheran Church of Canada (started in 1966 by Canadian congregations of the American Lutheran Church) and three synods of the Lutheran Church in America, called the Canada Section.
The North American Lutheran Church approved a resolution to seek membership at the Lutheran World Federation in their 2012 General Convention by the required majority of two thirds of the voters.