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Evangelical Lutheran Church
Evangelical Lutheran Church
Abbreviation	ELC
Classification	Lutheran
Associations	National Lutheran Council
Region	United States
Origin	1917
Merger of	Hauge Synod; Norwegian Synod; United Norwegian Lutheran Church of America
Merged into	The American Lutheran Church (1960)
Congregations	2,482
Members	1,125,867
Ministers	2,242
Other name(s)	Norwegian Lutheran Church of America (1917–1946)

The Evangelical Lutheran Church (ELC) was a Lutheran denomination that existed from 1917, when it was founded as the Norwegian Lutheran Church of America (NLCA), until 1960, when it joined two other church bodies to form the second American Lutheran Church.

In 1959, just before its merger into the ALC, the ELC had 2,242 pastors, 2,482 congregations, and 1,125,867 members.^[1]

Background

The Norwegian Lutheran Church of America was formed by the merger of the Hauge Synod (est. 1876), the Norwegian Synod (est. 1853), and the United Norwegian Lutheran Church of America (est. 1890). The NLCA changed its name to the Evangelical Lutheran Church (ELC) in 1946 as part of its Americanization process. In 1960, the ELC joined with Lutheran churches of German and Danish backgrounds to form The American Lutheran Church, the first Lutheran body in North America to have multiple ethnic backgrounds.^{[citation needed]} This coalescence of Lutheran churches continued into recent times, with the ALC later joining others 28 years later to form the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America in 1988.

Colleges associated with the ELC

Augustana College (South Dakota)
Concordia College, Moorhead
Luther College
Pacific Lutheran University
St. Olaf College
Waldorf College (junior college at that time)

ELC seminary

Luther Theological Seminary Saint Paul, Minnesota

Presidents of the ELC

Hans Gerhard Stub, 1917–1925
Johan Arnd Aasgaard, 1925–1954
Fredrik A. Schiotz, 1954–1960

Conventions of the ELC

From 1917 to 1926 a general convention was held triennially. There was need of holding several extraordinary conventions, so beginning in 1928 (called the 8th) it was held biennially with the general convention always falling on the even numbered years. Voting members of the conventions were pastors who were currently serving congregations of the Church, and one lay representative from each parish consisting of one congregation and two representatives from each parish consisting of two or more congregations.

Organizing convention, 1917, Saint Paul, Minnesota
1st extraordinary, 1918, Fargo, North Dakota
1st general convention, 1920, Minneapolis, Minnesota
2nd extraordinary convention, 1922, Minneapolis, Minnesota
2nd general convention, 1923, Saint Paul, Minnesota
3rd extraordinary convention, 1925, Saint Paul, Minnesota
3rd general convention, 1926, Minneapolis, Minnesota
8th general convention, 1928, Minneapolis, Minnesota
9th general convention, 1930, Minneapolis, Minnesota
10th general convention, 1932, Minneapolis, Minnesota
11th general convention, 1934, Minneapolis, Minnesota
12th general convention, 1936, Minneapolis, Minnesota
13th general convention, 1938, Minneapolis, Minnesota
14th general convention, 1940, Minneapolis, Minnesota
15th general convention, 1942, Minneapolis, Minnesota
16th general convention, 1944, Minneapolis, Minnesota
17th general convention, 1946, Minneapolis, Minnesota
18th general convention, 1948, Minneapolis, Minnesota
19th general convention, 1950, Minneapolis, Minnesota
20th general convention, 1952, Minneapolis, Minnesota
21st general convention, 1954, Minneapolis, Minnesota
22nd general convention, 1956, Minneapolis, Minnesota
23rd general convention, 1958, Minneapolis, Minnesota
24th general convention, 1960, Minneapolis, Minnesota

References

^ "Evangelical Lutheran Church". American Denomination Profiles. Association of Religion Data Archives. Archived from the original on October 14, 2017. Retrieved July 27, 2017.

Nelson, E. Clifford, Norsemen on the Prairies. America's Lutherans (ed. Omar Bonderud and Charles Lutz. Columbus, OH: Wartburg Press. 1958. page 20-23)
Nelson, E. Clifford, and Fevold, Eugene L., The Lutheran Church among Norwegian-Americans: a History of the Evangelical Lutheran Church (Minneapolis. MN: Augsburg Publishing House, 1960)