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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]My grandmother always told me we were "Lutheran, but NOT Missouri Synod!"

I still don't know what that means.[/quote]

LCMS is among the most socially and theologically conservative Lutheran denominations. Wisconsin Synod not far behind. If she was saying that you are ELCA, she is saying that you are main-line Protestants.

HTH[/quote]
I grew up Missouri Synod (LCMS) and then tried out ELCA as an adult. Can confirm that LCMS is much more theologically conservative. There was a lot more focus on sin when I was growing up than there was in my experience with ELCA. Also, LCMS doesn't allow you to take communion unless you've been confirmed in the church, whereas ELCA just requires baptism. LCMS is anti-LGBTQ and does not ordain female clergy, among other differences about how each movement views scripture. LCMS was a very negative experience, what with all the focus on sin and the ways humans are all terrible and thus need Jesus to be saved. ELCA, in contrast, was much more positive, focusing on God's forgiveness and salvation (which still implies that we're all sinners who need to be saved, but they don't say that part quite as often).[/quote]

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