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See also:LUTHER See also:LEAGUE , a religious association for See also:young See also:people in the See also:United States of See also:America. It began with a See also:local society founded by delegates of six Lutheran See also:- CHURCH
- CHURCH (according to most authorities derived from the Gr. Kvpcaxov [&wµa], " the Lord's [house]," and common to many Teutonic, Slavonic and other languages under various forms—Scottish kirk, Ger. Kirche, Swed. kirka, Dan. kirke, Russ. tserkov, Buig. cerk
- CHURCH, FREDERICK EDWIN (1826-1900)
- CHURCH, GEORGE EARL (1835–1910)
- CHURCH, RICHARD WILLIAM (1815–189o)
- CHURCH, SIR RICHARD (1784–1873)
church See also:societies in New See also:York See also:City in 1888. The first See also:national See also:convention was held at See also:Pittsburg, See also:Pennsylvania, on the 3oth and 31st of See also:October 1895. The basis of the league is the See also:Augsburg See also:Confession. Its member-See also:ship is open to " any society of whatever name connected with a Lutheran See also:congregation or a Lutheran institution of learning." According to the constitution its See also:objects are " to encourage the formation of the young people's societies in all Lutheran congregations in America, to urge their See also:affiliation with their respective See also:state or territorial leagues, and with this league to stimulate the various young people's societies to greater See also:Christian activity and to See also:foster the spirit of See also:loyalty to the church." The league publishes a monthly See also:paper, The Luther League See also:Review, in See also:Washington. According to its See also:official See also:report it had 70,000 members in 'gob, which had increased to more than roo,000 in 1910.
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