About the ELCA:

Over the years, different Lutheran church bodies have been established and organized to meet the needs of Lutherans in communities and nations all over the world. The Evangelical Lutheran Church in America is the largest Lutheran group in North America, founded in 1988 when three North American Lutheran church bodies united: The American Lutheran Church, the Association of Evangelical Lutheran Churches, and the Lutheran Church in America. Learn more about the ELCA here.

About the Norther Great Lakes Synod:
Lutheran Christians in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan and northeasters Wisconsin are on the edge of a new millennium. Walking together into a new century are the 94 congregations, 137 pastors, and 41,000 Lutherans of the Northern Great Lakes Synod of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA).
This Synod is one of 65 in the ELCA. The 11,000 congregations of the ELCA comprise 5.2 million baptized members. In 1987, the latest in a series of Lutheran church mergers created the Northern Great Lakes Synod (NGLS), encompassing the entire Upper Peninsula of Michigan and the six adjacent counties in northeastern Wisconsin. Learn more about the NGLS here.