Finnish Evangelical Lutheran Church of America | |
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Classification | Protestant |
Orientation | Lutheran |
Region | Michigan and other states |
Headquarters | Calumet, Michigan |
Origin | March 25, 1890 Calumet, Michigan |
Branched from | Evangelical Lutheran Church of Finland |
Merged into | Lutheran Church in America (1962) |
Congregations | 153 (1961) |
Members | 36,274 (1961) |
Ministers | 105 (1961) |
Tertiary institutions | Suomi College and Theological Seminary |
Other name(s) | Suomi Synod |
The Finnish Evangelical Lutheran Church of America (commonly known as the Suomi Synod, Finnish: Amerikan suomalainen evankelis-luterilainen kirkko) was a Lutheran church body which existed in the United States from 1890 until 1962.[1]