United Evangelical Lutheran Church in Australia
After World War I, Papua New Guinea was put into the hands of the Australian government. With this were the large number of German missionaries, that were to be transferred to the control of Australian churches. This issue is attributed as a large reason for the formal amalgamation in 1921 of all the independent synods affiliated in the General synod and ELIS. The new organization was known as United Evangelical Lutheran Church in Australia (UELCA). ELSA a.a. G, which had continued to operate independently since they formed in 1904, merged with UELCA in 1926.
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