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Unprecedented meetings
Once a year since 2012, leaders from the Lutheran Church—Missouri Synod (LCMS), the Wisconsin Evangelical Lutheran Synod (WELS), and the Evangelical Lutheran Synod (ELS) have been meeting, with the latest meeting taking place Dec. 9–10, 2024, in Jacksonville, Fla.
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People familiar with the history of these synods know that such meetings are unprecedented. The ELS suspended fellowship with the LCMS in 1955, and WELS did likewise in 1961. Both completely severed relations with the LCMS in 1963 by withdrawing from the Synodical Conference. From 1963 until 2012, only a handful of official meetings took place between LCMS leaders and ELS/WELS leaders (these two synods remained in fellowship with each other), and none had the size and duration of the current meetings.
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Shown here: Representatives from the LCMS, WELS, and the ELS at the annual meeting in 2024.
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Featured image above the article shows the logos of (left to right) the Lutheran Church—Missouri Synod, the Wisconsin Evangelical Lutheran Synod, and the Evangelical Lutheran Synod.
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