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Baris 1: [[Image:Evangelican_Lutheran_Church_of_America_logo.gif\|150px\|thumb\|right]] ~~The~~ '''Evangelical Lutheran Church in America''' ('''ELCA''') dalah sebuah [[denominasi]] [[Protestan]] [[arus utama]] yang berpusat di [[Chicago, Illinois]], [[Amerika Serikat]]. Gereja ini dibentuk pada 1988 melalui penggabungan tiga gereja dan saat ini mempunyai sekitar 4,9 juta anggota dan merupakan denominasi [[Lutheranisme\|Lutheran]] di [[Agama di Amerika Serikat\|Amerika Serikat]]. Dua denominasi Lutheran teresar berikutnya adalah [[Lutheran Church - Missouri Synod]] (Gereja Lutheran - Sinode Missouri), dengan anggota sekitar 2,6 juta orang dan [[Wisconsin Evangelical Lutheran Synod]] (Sinode Lutheran Injili Wisconsin), dengan anggota sekitar 410.000 orang. Masih ada banyak lagi gereja-gereja Lutheran yang lebih kecil di Amerika Serikat. ELCA adalah salah satu denominasi [[Kristen]] teresar di Amerika Serikat. ELCA mempunyai sejumlah gereja di wilayah Karibia ([[Bahamas]], [[Bermuda]], [[Puerto Riko]] dan [[Kepulauan Virgin AS]]). Sebelum 1986, beberapa gereja yang merupakan bagian dari [[Evangelical Lutheran Church in Canada]] menjadi bagian dari gereja-gereja yang kemudian membentuk ELCA. Dengan diterimanya dokumen ''[[Called to Common Mission]]'' (CCM - Terpanggil dalam Misi Bersama) pada 2000, ELCA merupakan satu-satunya denominasi Lutheran Amerika yang berkomuni penuh dengan [[Gereja Episkopal di Amerika Serikat\|Gereja Episkopal]], yang merupakan anggota dari [[Komuni Anglikan]]. Baris 8: Kantor pusat Gereja ini terletak di 8765 West Higgins Road, Chicago IL 60631. ~~<!--~~== ~~Organization~~Organisasi ~~and~~dan ~~structure~~struktur == ELCA dipimpin oleh seorang [[Uskup kepala]], yang dipilih oleh Sidang Raya seluruh gereja untuk masa jabatan selama enam tahun. Sidang Raya ini bertemu pada tahun ganjil dan terdiri dari kaum awam yang terpilih maupun para pendeta yang memiliki hak suara. Di antara masa-masa Sidang Raya, Dewan Gereja ELCA-lah yang mengatur seluruh Gereja. Uskup kepala sekarang adalah Pdt. [[Mark Hanson]] yang terpilih pada 2001. Sidang Raya paling mutakhir diadakan pada Agustus 2005 di [[Orlando, Florida]]. Gereja ini tampil dalam tiga cara: The ELCA is headed by a [[Presiding Bishop]], who is elected by the [[Churchwide Assembly]] for a term of six years. The Churchwide Assembly meets in odd-numbered years and consists of elected lay and ordained voting members; between meetings of the Churchwide Assembly, the ELCA Church Council governs the Church. The current presiding bishop, The Rev. [[Mark Hanson]] was elected in 2001. The most recent Churchwide Assembly was held in August, 2005 in [[Orlando, Florida]]. 1) Gereja nasional 2) Sinode-sinode lokal 3) Jemaat-jemaat lokal Gereja ini dibagi ke dalam 65 [[sinode]], satu di antaranya adalah sinode non-geografis ([[Sinode Sion Slowakia]]) dan 64 sinode wilayah di Amerika Serikat dan Kepulauan Karibia, masing-masing dipimpin oleh seorang uskup sinodal dan dewan. ELCA menggunakan istilah ''sinode'' dalam pengertian yang berbeda dengan [[Lutheran Church - Missouri Synod]] atau [[Wisconsin Evangelical Lutheran Synod]], yang merupakan denominasi berbeda. ~~The church sees itself as having three expressions:~~ ~~1) The national church~~ ~~2) The local synods~~ ~~3) The local congregation~~ <!--Within the church structure are divisions addressing many programs and [[Ministry (religion)\|ministries]]. Among these are support for global mission, outdoor ministries, campus ministries, social ministries, and education. There are twenty-eight colleges and universities affiliated with the ELCA throughout the United States.▼ The Church is divided into 65 [[synod]]s, one which is non-geographical (the [[Slovak Zion Synod]]) and 64 regional synods in the United States and the Caribbean, each headed by a synodical bishop and council. The ELCA uses the term ''synod'' differently than the [[Lutheran Church - Missouri Synod]] or the [[Wisconsin Evangelical Lutheran Synod]], which are separate denominations. ▲Within the church structure are divisions addressing many programs and [[Ministry (religion)\|ministries]]. Among these are support for global mission, outdoor ministries, campus ministries, social ministries, and education. There are twenty-eight colleges and universities affiliated with the ELCA throughout the United States. Many of the local congregations are legally independent non-profit corporations and own their own property. Actual governing practice within the congregation ranges from congregational-meeting led (more common in smaller churches), through elder/council led, to congregations where the senior pastor is quite powerful (more common in larger churches). Baris 131 ⟶ 130: === Abuse case === In March and April 2004, the ELCA agreed to pay the largest per capita settlement in a church abuse case in the United States to date. The payment was a combination of a jury award and a separate settlement, both stemming from civil suits filed by fourteen plaintiffs against the ELCA, a member synod, several church officials, one of the church's seminaries, and one of its congregations. The plaintiffs charged that they had been sexually abused by an ELCA minister at a church in [[Marshall, Texas]], and that the defendants had been negligent in their oversight and evaluation of the offender. Seeking to reassure member congregations, a church spokesperson subsequently noted that "ELCA bishops do not have authority to reassign clergy, and they do not move known perpetrators to other ministry locations." The offending minister was convicted and sentenced to prison in 2003, and removed from the ELCA's clergy roster.--> == Lihat pula == Baris 140 ⟶ 139: *[[Daftar Sinode ELCA]] ==~~References~~ Rujukan == <references /> Baris 155 ⟶ 154: [[Category:Lutheranisme]] [[Category:Denominasi Kristen di Amerika Utara]] [[Category:~~Protestanisme~~Protestan]] [[de:Evangelisch-Lutherische Kirche in Amerika]]

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