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Lutheran Church-Missouri Synod

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Lutheran Church—Missouri Synod Intro

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Thank You LWML! from The Lutheran Church—Missouri Synod

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Thank You LWML! from The Lutheran Church—Missouri Synod (2021)

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Lutheran Church Missouri Synod

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Trinity Lutheran Church - Missouri Synod

The Lutheran Church–Missouri Synod (LCMS), often referred to simply as the Missouri Synod, is a traditional, confessional Lutheran denomination in the United States. With 2 million members, it is the second-largest Lutheran body in the U.S., the largest being Evangelical Lutheran Church in America. The LCMS was organized in 1847 at a meeting in Chicago, Illinois, as the German Evangelical Lutheran Synod of Missouri, Ohio, and Other States, a name which reflected the geographic locations of the founding congregations.