Independent Lutheran Diocese: Difference between revisions
I have never been affiliated with this denomination; however, I have read the "WELS & Other Lutherans" entry. It is not a directory, but rather secondary scholarship with footnotes that attempts to explain the relationship (or lack thereof) of each denomination with the WELS. In other words, this book is an independent third-party source of information about the denomination. Although this denomination was deleted, it should to be recreated and fill in a spot on the USA Lutherans template. |
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The ''ILD'' currently consists of four churches. As of 2015 there are currently 22 Pastors serving in the United States along with 3 International Pastors in Europe and Australia and 3 Lutheran Bodies in Altar and Pulpit Fellowship in India and Myanmar. Conferences are occasionally held with the clergy. |
The ''ILD'' currently consists of four churches. As of 2015 there are currently 22 Pastors serving in the United States along with 3 International Pastors in Europe and Australia and 3 Lutheran Bodies in Altar and Pulpit Fellowship in India and Myanmar. Conferences are occasionally held with the clergy. |
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The ILD operates a long distance learning Seminary, the Independent Lutheran Seminary |
The ''ILD'' operates a long distance learning Seminary, the Independent Lutheran Seminary, operating from Klamath Falls, Oregon. The ILD also publishes books. |
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==Worship== |
==Worship== |
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Revision as of 04:26, 21 January 2019
The Independent Lutheran Diocese (ILD) is a small Confessional Lutheran Association currently headquartered in Klamath Falls, Oregon.
History
The ILD was originally founded in 2005 as the Old Lutheran Church in America (OLCA), being formed from churches in schism from the Lutheran Church–Missouri Synod. In 2008 OLCA was renamed as the Independent Lutheran Diocese.
The ILD currently consists of four churches. As of 2015 there are currently 22 Pastors serving in the United States along with 3 International Pastors in Europe and Australia and 3 Lutheran Bodies in Altar and Pulpit Fellowship in India and Myanmar. Conferences are occasionally held with the clergy.
The ILD operates a long distance learning Seminary, the Independent Lutheran Seminary, operating from Klamath Falls, Oregon. The ILD also publishes books.
Worship
The ILD's "Common Liturgy" is nearly identical to the service liturgy found on in the 1941 The Lutheran Hymnal (TLH) and "Setting 3" of the 2008 Lutheran Service Book (LSB). The historic One-Year Lectionary is used in the ILD instead of the post-Vatican II Three-Year Lectionary or Revised Common Lectionary used by most Synods.
Polity
Despite the implications of the denominational name, the ILD practices the Congregationalist form of governance, in which each individual congregation can make decisions based on its needs. Congregations hold legal title to their church buildings and other property.
References
- Brug, John. WELS & Other Lutherans, Second Edition. Milwaukee, WI: Northwestern Publishing House, 2009. ISBN 978-0-8100-2228-7 pp. 188–190 (Listed under former name as Old Lutheran Church in America)