National Evangelical Lutheran Church
| National Evangelical Lutheran Church | |
|---|---|
| Abbreviation | NELC |
| Classification | Protestant |
| Orientation | Lutheran |
| Theology | Confessional Lutheranism |
| Polity | Congregational |
| Region | Midwest, esp. Upper Peninsula of Michigan and northeastern Minnesota |
| Origin | 1898 Rock Springs, Wyoming |
| Merged into | Lutheran Church–Missouri Synod (1964) |
| Congregations | 53 (1962) |
| Members | 11,142 (1962) |
| Ministers | 35 (1962) |
| Other name(s) | Finnish Evangelical Lutheran National Church of America (1898–1946) |
The National Evangelical Lutheran Church (NELC) was a Finnish-American Lutheran church body that was organized in 1898 in Rock Springs, Wyoming, as the Finnish Evangelical Lutheran National Church of America. It merged into the Lutheran Church – Missouri Synod (LCMS) in 1965.