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While the Augustana Church had only 600,000 members when the Lutheran Church in America was formed, its influence on its successor bodies has been significant as they incorporated many of Augustana's emphases on mission, ecumenism, and social service.
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The Scandinavian Evangelical Lutheran Augustana Synod in North America was established in 1860. The organizing meeting was held at the
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In 1961, just before its merger into the LCA, the Augustana Synod had 1,353 pastors, 1,219 congregations, and 619,040 members.
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Anderson, Philip J., "From Compulsion to Persuasion: Voluntary Religion and the Swedish Immigrant Experience,"
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Blanck, Dag, "Two Churches, One Community: The Augustana Synod and the Covenant Church, 1860–1920,"
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was introduced at its seminary. The Augustana Theological Seminary was located on the campus of
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Augustana Church was the direct parent of several liberal arts colleges in the United States:
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The Creation of an Ethnic Identity: Being Swedish American in the Augustana Synod, 1860–1917,
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Granquist, Mark, "Parallel Paths: The Augustana Synod and the Covenant Church, 1920–1945,"
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The Lutherans in America; a story of struggle, progress, influence and marvelous growth.
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church body in the United States that was one of the churches that merged into the
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Final statistics of the Augustana Evangelical Lutheran Church (December 31, 1961).
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Originally somewhat conservative, the church gradually turned more liberal after
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In 1922, the synod was given equal standing in Sweden with the Swedish synods.
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Scandinavian Evangelical Lutheran Augustana Synod in North America (1860–1870)
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Conference of the Norwegian-Danish Evangelical Lutheran Church of America
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Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Augustana Synod in North America (1870–1894)
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Conference of the Norwegian-Danish Evangelical Lutheran Church of America
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Lutherans Today: American Lutheran Identity in the Twenty-First Century
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The Augustana Synod : a brief review of its history, 1860–1910
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The Augustana Lutheran Church in America: Pioneer Period, 1846–1860
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Scandinavian Evangelical Lutheran Augustana Synod in North America
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Evangelical Lutheran Augustana Synod in North America (1894–1948)
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Hultgren, Arland. "Augustana and Lutheran identity in America."
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The Augustana Story: Shaping Lutheran Identity in North America
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The Augustana Story: Shaping Lutheran Identity in North America
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Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Augustana Synod in North America
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Evangelical Lutheran Church in America predecessor churches
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on June 5–8. A group of Swedish Lutheran pastors including
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Granquist, Mark Alan. "Five American Lutheran Histories."
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Lutheran denominations established in the 19th century
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Evangelical Lutheran Augustana Synod in North America
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Defunct Christian denomination in the United States
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It had its roots among the 942:Swedish Americans § Further reading 1146:Lutheran denominations in North America 597:"Augustana Evangelical Lutheran Church" 72:Jefferson Prairie Settlement, Wisconsin 14: 1108: 1014:Swedish-American Historical Quarterly, 342:Evangelical Lutheran Church in America 275:Lutheran School of Theology at Chicago 1116:Swedish-American culture in Wisconsin 965:Swedish-American Historical Quarterly 949:Swedish-American Historical Quarterly 843:. Swedish-American Historical Society 627:Association of Religion Data Archives 150:Augustana Evangelical Lutheran Church 33:Augustana Evangelical Lutheran Church 705:. New York Chichester, West Sussex: 340:, the first presiding bishop of the 650:. Augustana College. 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Index

Augustana Synod
Lutheran
National Lutheran Council
Jefferson Prairie Settlement, Wisconsin
Conference of the Norwegian-Danish Evangelical Lutheran Church of America
Norwegian Augustana Synod
Mission Friends
Lutheran Church in America
Ministers
Lutheran
Lutheran Church in America
Swedish immigrants
Jefferson Prairie Settlement
Clinton, Wisconsin
Jonas Swensson
Lars Paul Esbjörn
Tuve Hasselquist
Eric Norelius
Erland Carlsson
Augsburg Confession
Augsburg
Norwegian
Danish
Conference of the Norwegian-Danish Evangelical Lutheran Church of America
Norwegian Augustana Synod
historical criticism
Augustana College
Rock Island, Illinois
Lutheran School of Theology at Chicago
Lutheran Church in America

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