Which Lutheran Church is most conservative?

The American Lutheran Church The ALC brought approximately 2.25 million members into the new ELCA. It was the most theologically conservative of the forming bodies, having a heritage of Old Lutheran theology.

Are Lutherans conservative?

Lutheran Church–Missouri Synod, conservative Lutheran church in the United States, organized in Chicago in 1847 by German immigrants from Saxony (settled in Missouri) and Bavaria (settled in Michigan and Indiana) as the German Evangelical Lutheran Synod of Missouri, Ohio, and Other States.

Which Lutheran denominations are the most conservative?

The Lutheran Church-Missouri Synod is the largest conservative denomination in the Lutheran tradition. The Wisconsin Evangelical Lutheran Synod, though one-fourth the size of the LCMS, is also unapologetically conservative in theology and practice.

How conservative is the Wisconsin Evangelical Lutheran Synod?

WELS- Wisconsin Evangelical Lutheran Synod is conservative. Very! The Wisconsin Synod (WELS) is considered most conservative. Women are not ordained and not allowed to hold certain offices.

Is ELCA a conservative Lutheran denomination?

And that leaves only ELCA as not conservative Lutheran. I never heard of most of those denominations, but WELS/ELS is more conservative then the LCMS and if you were to visit would not be able to receive communion. My understanding is that most restrict communion to members of that congregation, not just denomination like LCMS.

What is the Lutheran Church-Missouri Synod?