The Evangelical Lutheran Synodical Conference of North America was a Lutheran joint fellowship (in this sense, a declaration of unity of belief) organization between the Wisconsin Evangelical Lutheran Synod (WELS), the Lutheran Church - Missouri Synod (LCMS) and the Evangelical Lutheran Synod (ELS). It dissolved in 1963.
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