Latvian Evangelical Lutheran Church in America

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The Latvian Evangelical Lutheran Church in America Latvian: Latviešu evangeliski luteriska Baznica Amerika ( LELBA ) is a Lutheran denomination, formed in 1957 as a federation, and reorganized in 1975 as a formal denomination. In 1978 Lauma Lagzdins Zusevics was ordained as the first woman to serve as a full-time minister for the Latvian Evangelical Lutheran Church in America.[1]

As of 2007, 12,000 congregants and 68 congregations of the church were present in the United States. It is headquartered in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.

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