[Memphis Moe]

Plumrodimus stated:

“Although the ELCA isn’t a Lutheran Church and the LCMS rejected the Joint Declaration with Rome. This thread is about the LCMS. “

Thanks for the info; I did not understand the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America was not Lutheran. I also missed in the article anything about churches in Missouri; rather, the author refers to a Lutheran communion.

Thanks again for your insight.

[Tao Yin]

I did not understand the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America was not Lutheran.

Any synod that rejects the authority of the Bible and the Book on Concord should not be called Lutheran. Even though the ELCA contains Lutheran in the name, they are not Lutheran in practice. Or maybe it's just that members of the LCMS are embarrassed every time Lutheran is mentioned and the ELCA is the focus.

I also missed in the article anything about churches in Missouri; rather, the author refers to a Lutheran communion.

The title contains the abbreviation LCMS, which stands for Lutheran Church Missouri Synod. Even though the name contains Missouri, the LCMS churches are around the world. It really confused Canadians, so they changed the name in Canada but maintain communion fellowship.