''Living Lutheran'' is the primary publication of the

Evangelical Lutheran Church in America The Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA) is a mainline Protestant Lutheran church headquartered in Chicago, Illinois. The ELCA was officially formed on January 1, 1988, by the merging of three Lutheran church bodies. , it has approxim ...

(ELCA). The editorial offices are at the Lutheran Center at 8765 West Higgins Road in suburban

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with the denominational offices. While circulation fulfillment is done by Augsburg Fortress Publishers, the ELCA publishing house located on South Fifth Street in

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, all editorial, advertising, marketing and online functions are done in the Chicago offices. Originally historically titled ''The Lutheran'' with antecedents going back to the 1831, the magazine changed its name in the 2016.

History and profile

''The Lutheran'' was established in 1831 (not to be confused with the German-language ''Der Lutheraner'' established by the

Lutheran Church–Missouri Synod The Lutheran Church—Missouri Synod (LCMS), also known as the Missouri Synod, is a traditional, confessional Lutheran denomination in the United States. With 1.8 million members, it is the second-largest Lutheran body in the United States. The LC ...

in 1844). The present publication carries the heritage of almost a half-dozen earlier denominational publications of the several merged churches over the previous two centuries, most especially ''The Lutheran Standard'' of the former Joint Synod of Ohio (1818) and the two subsequent American Lutheran Churches of

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and

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, before being reestablished using the name of the predecessor

United Lutheran Church in America The United Lutheran Church in America (ULCA) was established in 1918 in commemoration of the 400th anniversary of the Protestant Reformation after negotiations among several American Lutheran national synods resulted in the merger of three German-l ...

and

Lutheran Church in America The Lutheran Church in America (LCA) was an American and Canadian Lutheran church body that existed from 1962 to 1987. It was headquartered in New York City and its publishing house was Fortress Press. The LCA's immigrant heritage came mostly fr ...

magazines as a result of the merger that formed the ELCA in 1988. The current monthly magazine carries news of the ELCA, its institutions, synods, congregations and members; news of global Lutheran churches; news of other U.S. denominations and faith groups; and inspirational stories and columns. Published 12 times a year, ''Living Lutheran'' has a circulation of 133,400. ''The Lutheran'' was renamed ''Living Lutheran'' in April 2016, and is the largest Lutheran publication in the world and the largest denominational periodical in

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. It is distributed in more than 50 countries and is a member of the

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References

External links

Official website
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