Throughout its history, the Wisconsin Evangelical Lutheran Synod has been slow to make changes in worship. Most of the church has resisted the liturgical, charismatic, and inclusive trends of the twentieth century. However, there is a new desire among some to be open to the new ways of worship.
The Wisconsin Evangelical Lutheran Synod (WELS), numbering some 400, 000 members, has congregations in every state of the U. S. and several provinces of Canada. The church body conducts foreign...
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