United Lutheran Church in America
- United Lutheran Church in America
The United Lutheran Church in America (ULCA), established in 1918 with the merger of three independent German synods: the "General Synod" (1820), the "General Council" (1867) and the "United Synod of the South" (1863). The "Slovak Zion Synod" (1919) joined the ULCA in 1920. The "Icelandic Synod" (1885) joined the ULCA in 1940. In 1962 the ULCA became part of the new Lutheran Church in America.
Presidents of ULCA
*Frederick H. Knubel 1918-1944
*Franklin Clark Fry 1944-1962
External links
* [http://www.elca.org/archives/ulcasynods.html ULCA synods] Histories of bodies that merged to form the ULCA:
*Wolf, Edmund Jacob. [http://www.archive.org/details/thelutheransinam00wolfuoft The Lutherans in America; a story of struggle, progress, influence and marvelous growth.] New York: J.A. Hill. 1889.
*Bente, F. [http://www.archive.org/details/americanlutheran028148mbp American Lutheranism Volume II] St. Louis: Concordia Publishing House. 1919.
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