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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.