Norwegian Augustana Synod (NAS) was a

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church body in the United States from 1870 to 1890. The group's original name was the Norwegian-Danish Augustana Synod in America. The name was shortened in 1878.

Background

The NAS was created out of the Scandinavian Augustana Synod (SAS) in 1870. The NAS was primarily made up of Norwegians (along with some Danes). At the same time the NAS was being formed, another group of Norwegians and Danes created out of the SAS the

Conference of the Norwegian-Danish Evangelical Lutheran Church of America Conference of the Norwegian-Danish Evangelical Lutheran Church of America usually called the Conference was a Lutheran church body that existed in the United States from 1870 to 1890, when it merged into the United Norwegian Lutheran Church of Ame ...

(The Conference). The difference between the NAS and the Conference was the inclusion of the ''

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''. The NAS wanted to include the whole book as confessional base. The Conference just wanted the three ecumenical creeds,

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and the Unaltered

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. The two groups along the

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group from the Norwegian Synod united in 1890 to form the

United Norwegian Lutheran Church of America The United Norwegian Lutheran Church of America (UNLC) was the result of the union in 1890 of the Norwegian Augustana Synod (established 1870), the Conference of the Norwegian-Danish Evangelical Lutheran Church of America (established 1870), and t ...

Presidents

*O. J. Hatlestad 1870–1880 *Ole Andrewson 1880–1885 *Andreas Wright 1885–1888 *O. J. Hatlestad 1888–1890

References

The Lutheran Church-Missouri Synod Christian Cyclopedia

Other source

*Nelson, E. Clifford, and Fevold, Eugene L. ''The Lutheran Church among Norwegian-Americans: a history of the Evangelical Lutheran Church'' (Minneapolis, MN: Augsburg Publishing House, 1960) Lutheran denominations in North America Evangelical Lutheran Church in America predecessor churches History of Christianity in the United States Religious organizations established in 1870 Lutheran denominations established in the 19th century Lutheranism in the United States Norwegian-American culture Christian denominations founded in the United States

Background

Presidents

See also

References

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