Evangelical-Lutheran Liturgical Congregations

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Church Visitor Reports -- if you have visited a church on the ELLC list, come to the site and tell others about your experience. Check out Zion, Bensonville, IL or Redeemer, Ft Wayne, IN to see examples. This will help others help identify churches that they want to visit.

Welcome to our newly updated site!

We would appreciate if you would check any churches you know, and report if we have the locations mapped incorrectly. We've made it pretty easy to report updated locations.

Latest Changes:
   St. Paul Lutheran Church Mount Vernon Iowa
   Trinity Lutheran Church Dayton Iowa
   St Paul Boone Iowa
   Saint Peter Lutheran Church Pearsall Texas
   First Lutheran Church Lufkin Texas
Last visited churches:
   Grace Lutheran Church San Diego California
   Trinity Lutheran Church and School Sheboygan Wisconsin
   Messiah Lutheran Church and Preschool Marysville Washington

Purpose of this website -- This website was developed to assist Evangelical-Lutherans in locating congregations which use the historic liturgy of the Church in all of their services and practice Closed Communion. Whether traveling on vacation or business or moving to a new home, this directory will help them find Evangelical-Lutheran congregations which have not adopted worship customs from the surrounding culture, such as "contemporary worship," "praise bands," or "entertainment worship." Visit the Criteria for Listing page for more information.

Call ahead -- If attending one of the listed congregations, call ahead to make sure the service times are correct. Also, if you wish to commune at a congregation in fellowship with your own, it would be appropriate to call the pastor ahead of time so he can speak with you (and with your pastor).

Disclaimer -- The publisher of this directory does not guarantee that the congregations listed in the directory use only historic liturgies. If you visit a listed congregation and it does not meet the list criteria, please contact us so that we can look into the matter. Thank you for your patience and assistance in helping to improve this website. On the other hand, if you visit one of the churches on this list and are happy with the selection, please fill out a visit report available at the bottom of any church listing!

Affiliation -- Synodical (or similar) affiliation of congregations is listed in the "Fellowship" column of your search results.

Feedback -- Your feedback is important in the development of this website. How can the website be improved? Did this website help you? Do you believe that a congregation you visited should or should not be listed? If you have some feedback, email the directory publisher.