Identity elements
Reference code
ELCA 1.10.2
Name and location of repository
Level of description
Record group
Title
Pacific Northwest Synod of the Lutheran Church in America Records
Date(s)
- 1961-1987 (Creation)
Extent
35 boxes
Name of creator
(1962-1987)
Administrative history
The Lutheran Church in America was formed at a 1962 meeting in Detroit, Michigan as the result of a merger of the AELC, the Augustana Evangelical Lutheran Church, and the Suomi Synod. Discussions about a possible merger had begun in 1955. The LCA was organized into 33 synods. In 1987, it merged with the Association of Lutheran Churches and the American Lutheran Church to form the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America.