Lutherans and Other Denominations

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Lutherans and Other Denominations

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Lutherans and Other Denominations

• 1. Complete as percent of population (2007)
• World USA
• Christians
• Jews
• Muslim
• Hindu
• Non-Religious

33 0.2 21 14 16
78 1.7 0.6 0.4 16
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• 2. Complete as percent of Christians
• World USA
• Protestant
• Catholic
• Orthodox
• Other

24 50 11 14
65 30 0.7 3
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Lutherans and Other Denominations

• Rank Christian Protestant
• Baptist
• Church of Christ
• Eastern Orthodox
• Episcopal
• Jehovah Witness
• Latter Day Saints
• Lutheran
• Methodist
• Pentecostal
• Presbyterian
• Roman Catholic

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• Rank Christian Protestant
• Baptist
• Church of Christ
• Eastern Orthodox
• Episcopal
• Jehovah Witness
• Latter Day Saints
• Lutheran
• Methodist
• Pentecostal
• Presbyterian
• Roman Catholic

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• 4. Religious bodies in N. America
• Lutheran bodies in the world
• Lutheran bodies in the US

250 250 9
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• 5. Lutherans believe we are saved by
• grace through faith.
• For it is by grace you have been save through
  faith and this is not from yourselves, it is
  the gift of God not by works, so that no one
  can boast.
• Ephesians 28-9

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• 6. Three bases of Lutheran doctrine
• Sola
• Sola
• Sola

Gratia (Grace Alone) Fide (Faith
Alone) Scriptura (Scripture Alone)
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Lutherans and Other Denominations

• 7. Lutheran sacraments

Baptism Lords Supper
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Lutherans and Other Denominations

• Lutherans in America

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Lutherans and Other Denominations

• 9. LCMS Founder

C F W Walther
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• Lutherans in America

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Lutherans and Other Denominations

• Size Age Conservative
• LCMS
• ELCA
• WELS

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Lutherans and Other Denominations

• 10. LCMS and ELCA differences

History and Background Interdenominational
Cooperation Bible Interpretation Lutheran
Confessions
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• Roman Catholic
• Eastern Orthodox