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      Over 40 different Lutheran denominations currently exist in North America. However, most North American Lutherans belong to one of the three largest denominations, namely, the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America, the Lutheran Church – Missouri Synod, or the Wisconsin Evangelical Lutheran Synod.


      Active denominations


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      Defunct denominations


      Most of the now-defunct North American Lutheran denominations merged or were absorbed into larger bodies. The following is an incomplete list.


      Chart of splits and mergers


      Chart of splits and mergers of North American Lutheran churches


      See also


      List of Lutheran denominations


      References




      Further reading


      Arand, Charles P, and Robert Kolb, eds. The Lutheran Confessions: History and Theology of the Book of Concord (2012)
      Bodensieck, Julius, ed. The encyclopedia of the Lutheran Church (3 vol 1965) vol 1 and 3 online free
      Brauer, James Leonard and Fred L. Precht, eds. Lutheran Worship: History and Practice (1993)
      Brug, John F., Fredrich II, Edward C., Schuetze, Armin W., WELS and Other Lutherans. Milwaukee: Northwestern Publishing House, 1995. ISBN 0-8100-0543-3.
      Granquist, Mark. Lutherans in America: A New History (2015)
      Meyer, Carl S. Moving Frontiers: Readings in the History of the Lutheran Church Missouri Synod (1986)
      Roeber, A. G. Palatines, Liberty, and Property: German Lutherans in Colonial British America (1998)
      Wengert, Timothy J. and Mark Granquist, eds. Dictionary of Luther and the Lutheran Traditions (2017)
      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
      Concordia Historical Institute: Department of Archives and History of the Lutheran Church–Missouri Synod

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