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dflprincess

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1. Actually "Evangelical Lutheran Church of America"

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Wed Sep 9, 2020, 09:29 PM

Sep 2020

is the mainstream branch of Lutheranism - I think of it as "normal" Lutherans (as opposed to Wisconsin or Missouri synods). It is the result of a merger of the American Lutheran Church, the Association of Evangelical Lutheran Churches and the Lutheran Church in America quite a while ago.

And why I know this, I don't know, I'm supposed to be Catholic.

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Actually "Evangelical Lutheran Church of America" dflprincess Sep 2020 #1

Thanks. Living in Minnesota all your life, something is bound to be absorb question everything Sep 2020 #3

Yeah, ELCA is mainstream Lutheranism. They perform same-sex marriages and some churches WhiskeyGrinder Sep 2020 #2

Thanks. Will take a second look at him question everything Sep 2020 #4