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3 unusual facts about Evangelical Lutheran Church


Adolf Spiess

In 1811 the father accepted a pastoral position in the Evangelical Lutheran Church at Offenbach, across the Main from Frankfurt, and in addition to his clerical duties opened a private school which prepared for the upper classes of the gymnasium (a higher classical school) or for a mercantile career.

Maria of Saxony, Duchess of Pomerania

The marriage of Philip with Maria was meant to ally Pomerania with Saxony, which was leading the evangelical faction in the Diet.

United Protestant Church of France

The United Protestant Church of France is the main and largest Protestant church in France, created in 2013 through the unification of the Reformed Church of France and the Evangelical Lutheran Church of France.



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Bolivian Evangelical Lutheran Church

The Bolivian Evangelical Lutheran Church (Spanish: Iglesia Evangélica Luterana Boliviana (IELB) is a Protestant Church denomination located in Bolivia that professes the Lutheran branch of Christianity.

ELCA

Eielsen Synod, the former Evangelical Lutheran Church in America

Evangelical Lutheran Church in Canada

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.

Gossner Evangelical Lutheran Church in Chotanagpur and Assam

Gossner Evangelical Lutheran Church in Chotanagpur and Assam is a major Christian Protestant denomination in India.

Hans Joachim Schliep

1983-02/1990: Chairman of the Working group Pastoral care ( German: AG Seelsorge) of the Evangelical-Lutheran Church of Hanover (Member until 1999)

Hosanna-Tabor Evangelical Lutheran Church and School v. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission

In 1999, Cheryl Perich started teaching at Hosanna-Tabor Evangelical Lutheran Church and School in Redford, Michigan.

Houston Boychoir

Among other performances, the Prep-Boychoir has travelled to Austin, Texas to perform next to the Austin Choir, and in January 2011, the Houston Boychoir and the American Boychoir performed at Christ the King Evangelical Lutheran Church, in Houston; the Directors of both choirs were interviewed on KUHF fm radio, which has broadcast live performances of the singing boys.

Immanuel Winkler

He was ordained on November 6, 1911, in the Evangelical Lutheran Church and was named pastor of the Hoffnungstal Parish and vicar in Kassel (today, Welykokomariwka/Великокомарівка) until 1918.

Jaan Kiivit

Jaan Kiivit, Jr - son of the former, Archbishop of the Evangelical Lutheran Church of Estonia from 1994 until 2005.

Muskego Settlement, Wisconsin

It is located at the entrance to Norway Evangelical Lutheran Church, across from Heg Park, on Wisconsin Highway 36 in Wind Lake, Wisconsin.

Ngaoundéré

In cooperation with the local Evangelical Lutheran Church of Cameroon EELC and the American ELCA the NMS has built the Protestant Hospital of Ngaoundéré, a high school and several other institutions.

Norge, Virginia

Other landmarks in Norge include the former Doll Factory, the former Williamsburg Soap and Candle Factory, Our Savior's Evangelical Lutheran Church and the Norge Train Depot, which was listed in the National Register of Historic Places in 2009.

Santali

Santali Latin alphabet, invented in the 1890s by the Norwegian missionary Paul Olaf Bodding, and still used by most Santals, especially the members of the Northern Evangelical Lutheran Church (NELC)

Stumme

Paul Stumme-Diers (born 1960), a bishop of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA)

The Norwegian Lutheran Church in the United States

Most Norwegian immigrants to the United States, particularly in the migration wave between the 1860s and early 20th century, were members of the Church of Norway, an evangelical Lutheran church established by the Constitution of Norway.

Upstate New York Synod

Upstate New York Synod of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA) is led by bishop Marie C. Jerge, and is a Companion Synod of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Zimbabwe, a partner synod with the Central/Southern Illinois Synod, and a Reconciling in Christ Synod.

Vanags

Jānis Vanags, archbishop of the Evangelical Lutheran Church of Latvia