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North American Lutheran Church : ウィキペディア英語版 | North American Lutheran Church
The North American Lutheran Church (NALC) is a Lutheran denomination with congregations in the United States and Canada, counting approximately 140,000 members. As a Confessional Lutheran church, the NALC believes all doctrines should and must be judged by the teaching of the Christian Scriptures (the Bible), in keeping with the Lutheran Confessions. The NALC is committed to shaping its life around four attributes: Christ-Centered, Mission-Driven, Traditionally-Grounded, and Congregationally-Focused. It was established on August 27, 2010. ==History== The North American Lutheran Church was officially formed in August 2010 as the culmination of a process begun by Lutheran CORE (Coalition for Renewal), a confessional Lutheran body which crosses denominational lines. This action came in response to the dissatisfaction of theological conservatives within the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA) and the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Canada (ELCIC), which were perceived as moving away from the authority of the Bible and the Lutheran Confessions. The primary issue of concern for these groups was a 2009 decision by the ELCA which changed its teaching and policy on sexual ethics, allowing pastors to be in committed same-sex relationships.〔Julia Duin (Nov. 19, 2010), ("Lutherans Second Church to Split Over Gays" ), ''Washington Times''. Accessed October 27, 2011〕 Following Lutheran CORE's national convocation in September 2009, which resolved to pursue the "reconfiguration of North American Lutheranism", the organization's leaders released a plan for organizing the North American Lutheran Church on February 18, 2010.〔(''A Vision and Plan for The North American Lutheran Church and Lutheran CORE, a Community of Confessing Lutherans'' ), Lutheran CORE, February 18, 2010. Accessed October 27, 2011.〕 It was felt that a new church body was needed for those Lutheran congregations who declined to join already existing Lutheran groups. The new church was constituted in Grove City, Ohio, at the Lutheran CORE national convocation of August 26–27, 2010. The convocation was attended by approximately 1000 participants, including representatives of several denominations, such as the Lutheran Congregations in Mission for Christ, the Ethiopian Evangelical Church Mekane Yesus, the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Tanzania, and the Anglican Church in North America. A constitution was adopted and provisional leaders were elected, including the Reverend Paull Spring of State College, Pennsylvania, a retired ELCA bishop, to serve as provisional bishop of the NALC for its first year.〔(NALC History, NALC Official Website )〕 The congregations that joined the NALC elected their own leaders at the church body's first annual meeting on August 11–12, 2011, in Hilliard, Ohio. The Reverend John Bradosky of Centerville, Ohio, NALC General Secretary, was elected as bishop of the NALC at that meeting to serve a four-year term.
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