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Wisconsin Evangelical Lutheran Synod (view source)
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'''The Wisconsin Evangelical Lutheran Synod '''(or '''WELS''') is the third largest [[Lutheran]] church body in the [[United States of America]]. In recent years it has spread to much of the U.S. from its Wisconsin base. WELS is the third largest Lutheran church in the United States, with 1263 churches in 2005 with 314,000 full members and 1844 clergy. WELS emphasizes Lutheran confessionalism, the inerrancy and inspiration of the Bible, and the Symbolic Books of Lutheranism. Religiously conservative WELS opposes ecumenical associations and runs its own parochial schools. Calvary Evangelical Luthern Church, founded in 1931 and located near the WELS seminary, is representative, stressing Christian education rather than ritualism and liturgy. WELS is rooted in German pietism; family life, Bible study, prayer life, and conversion are all points of emphasis in the WELS tradition.
'''The Wisconsin Evangelical Lutheran Synod '''(or '''WELS''') is the third largest [[Lutheran]] church body in the [[United States of America]]. In recent years it has spread to much of the U.S. from its Wisconsin base. WELS is the third largest Lutheran church in the United States, with 1263 churches in 2005 with 314,000 full members and 1844 clergy. WELS emphasizes Lutheran confessionalism, the inerrancy and inspiration of the Bible, and the Symbolic Books of Lutheranism. Religiously conservative WELS opposes ecumenical associations and runs its own parochial schools. Calvary Evangelical Luthern Church, founded in 1931 and located near the WELS seminary, is representative, stressing Christian education rather than ritualism and liturgy. WELS is rooted in German pietism; family life, Bible study, prayer life, and conversion are all points of emphasis in the WELS tradition.
WELS is a member of the Confessional Evangelical Lutheran Conference and is in fellowship with the equally conservative [[Lutheran Church Missouri Synod]].
WELS is a member of the Confessional Evangelical Lutheran Conference .
==History==
==History==