Basic Information

The Finnish Evangelical Lutheran National Church of America was organized in 1898 at Rock Springs, Wyoming. It became the National Evangelical Lutheran Church in 1946 and in 1963 it merged into the Lutheran Church-Missouri Synod.

History

National Evangelical Lutheran Church (Finnish) (1898)

merged intoLutheran Church-Missouri Synod (LCMS) (1847)

Notes

History data were taken from the National Council of Churches' Historic Archive CD and recent editions of the Yearbook of American and Canadian Churches [More information on history data sources]