Conference of the Norwegian-Danish Evangelical Lutheran Church of America
| Conference of the Norwegian-Danish Evangelical Lutheran Church of America | |
|---|---|
| Abbreviation | The Conference |
| Classification | Scandinavian Evangelical Lutheran Augustana Synod in North America |
| Separations | Danish Evangelical Lutheran Church Association in America (1884) |
| Merged into | United Norwegian Lutheran Church of America (1890) |
Conference of the Norwegian-Danish Evangelical Lutheran Church of America usually called the Conference was a
The church had split from the
When the Conference separated from the SAS in 1870, another church body also split from the SAS, the Norwegian-Danish Augustana Synod in America (NAS). The difference between the NAS and the Conference was the inclusion of the Book of Concord. The NAS wanted to include the entire Book of Concord as the confessional base. The Conference wanted to use only the three ecumenical creeds, Luther's Small Catechism, and the Unaltered Augsburg Confession.
The two groups along with the
In 1884, a group of Danish members left the Conference and formed the Danish Evangelical Lutheran Church Association in America also known as the Danish Association and "the Blair Church".
Presidents of the Conference
- 1870-1872 Claus Lauritz Clausen
- 1872-1881 Johan Olsen
- 1881-1886 Theodor H. Dahl
- 1886-1890 Gjermund Hoyme
References
- Fevold, Eugene L. The Lutheran Free Church: A Fellowship of American Lutheran Congregations 1897-1963 (Minneapolis: Augsburg Publishing House, 1969)
- Nelson, E. Clifford, and Fevold, Eugene L. The Lutheran Church among Norwegian-Americans: a history of the Evangelical Lutheran Church (Minneapolis: Augsburg Publishing House, 1960)
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