Lutheran church bodies in North America

Christian bodies of the U.S.

U.S. Interchurch National Association of Evangelicals National Council of Churches Churches Uniting in Christ Anabaptist and Friends Church of the Brethren Mennonite Church USA Amish Baptist Alliance of Baptists American Baptist Association American Baptist Churches Baptist Bible Fellowship International Baptist General Conference Baptist Missionary Association of America Conservative Baptist Association of America General Association of Regular Baptist Churches National Association of Free Will Baptists National Primitive Baptist Convention of the U.S.A. North American Baptist Conference Southern Baptist Convention African-American Baptist National Baptist Convention of America National Baptist Convention, USA, Inc. National Missionary Baptist Convention of America Progressive National Baptist Convention Catholic and Anglican Anglican Church in North America Episcopal Church Roman Catholic Church Eastern Antiochian Orthodox Christian Archdiocese Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America Orthodox Church in America Russian Orthodox Church Outside Russia Serbian Orthodox Church Non-Chalcedonian Armenian Apostolic Diocese of Am. Coptic Orthodox Church Syriac Orthodox Church Holiness & Pietist Christian and Missionary Alliance Church of God (Anderson, Indiana) Evangelical Covenant Church Evangelical Free Church of America Church of the Nazarene The Salvation Army Seventh-day Adventist Church Wesleyan Church Lutheran Evangelical Lutheran Church in America Lutheran Church–Missouri Synod North American Lutheran Church Wisconsin Evangelical Lutheran Synod Methodist African Methodist Episcopal Church African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church Christian Methodist Episcopal Church Free Methodist Church United Methodist Church Pentecostal Assemblies of God Church of God (Cleveland, Tennessee) Church of God in Christ Church of God of Prophecy Church on the Rock International Full Gospel Fellowship International Church of the Foursquare Gospel International Pentecostal Holiness Church Pentecostal Church of God Oneness Pentecostal Pentecostal Assemblies of the World United Pentecostal Church Intl. Presbyterian & Reformed Christian Reformed Church in North America Conservative Congregational Christian Conference Cumberland Presbyterian Church Evangelical Presbyterian Church Korean Presbyterian Church in America International Council of Community Churches National Asso. of Congregational Christian Churches National Association of Congregational Christian Churches Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) Presbyterian Church in America Reformed Church in America United Church of Christ Reformed Church in America Stone-Campbell Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) Christian churches and churches of Christ Churches of Christ International Churches of Christ Other LDS Church Community of Christ Grace Gospel Fellowship Independent Fundamental Churches of America Jehovah's Witnesses Messianic Jewish Alliance of America Plymouth Brethren Vineyard USA

• AALC - American Association of Lutheran Churches
• ACLC - Association of Confessional Lutheran Churches
• ALCA - Apostolic Lutheran Church of America
• AFLC - Association of Free Lutheran Congregations
• ALCC - Anglo-Lutheran Catholic Church
• ARC - Alliance of Renewal Churches (charismatic/Pentecostal)
• CALC - Canadian Association of Lutheran Congregations
• CLA- Conservative Lutheran Association
• CLBA - Church of the Lutheran Brethren of America
• CLC - Church of the Lutheran Confession
• CLC - Concordia Lutheran Conference
• Eielsen Synod - Eielsen Synod
• ELCA - Evangelical Lutheran Church in America
• ELCIC - Evangelical Lutheran Church in Canada
• ELCM - Evangelical Lutheran Conference & Ministerium of North America
• ELDoNA - Evangelical Lutheran Diocese of North America
• ELF - Evangelical Lutheran Federation (disbanded 1998)
• ELS - Evangelical Lutheran Synod
• EELK -Estonian Evangelical Lutheran Church
• GCEPC-The Lutheran Evangelical Protestant Church
• ILC - Illinois Lutheran Conference
• ILD - Independent Lutheran Diocese
• ILF - International Lutheran Fellowship (Now Lutheran Church-International)
• LLC - Laestadian Lutheran Church
• LELCA - Latvian Evangelical Lutheran Church in America
• LCC - Lutheran Church - Canada
• LCCF - Lutheran Conference of Confessional Fellowship
• LCMC - Lutheran Congregations in Mission for Christ
• LCMS - The Lutheran Church - Missouri Synod
• LMS-USA - The Lutheran Ministerium and Synod - USA
• LCR - Lutheran Churches of the Reformation
• LCS - The Lutheran Confessional Synod
• MLC - Missionary Lutheran Church
• NALC - North American Lutheran Church
• OLCC - Orthodox Lutheran Confessional Conference
• Protestant Conference - Protes'tant Conference
• ULMA - United Lutheran Mission Association
• WELS - Wisconsin Evangelical Lutheran Synod
• WCLA - World Confessional Lutheran Association

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Source: Brief Overview of the Lutheran Church in North America

Print Sources

• Brug, John F., Fredrich II, Edward C., Schuetze, Armin W., WELS and Other Lutherans. Milwaukee: Northwestern Publishing House, 1995. ISBN 0-8100-0543-3.
• Wiederaenders, Robert C., Historical Guide to Lutheran Church Bodies of North America, 2nd Edition Saint Louis: Lutheran Historical Conference, 1998.

External links

• A Little Lecture on Little Little-Known Lutheran Synods by Edward C. Fredrich