Christianity: Details about 'Lutheran Church Canada'
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Following its founding in 1988, LCC created three districts. The Alberta-British Columbia District offices are in Edmonton, Alberta; the Central District in Regina, Saskatchewan; and the East District in Kitchener, Ontario. The denomination retains close ties with the LCMS and other Lutheran church bodies around the world which follow the Biblically-based Lutheran Confessions. The church professes the Lutheran confessions as contained in the Book of Concord. Although LCC practices closed communion it will allow members of the LCMS and other Lutheran churches in the International Lutheran Council to share the sacrament of Holy Communion. Many LCC congregations use Lutheran Worship as their hymnal. At its 2005 synodical convention LCC commended the new Lutheran Service Book, scheduled for publication in 2006 by LCMS, to its congregations for use. The current president of LCC is Rev. Dr. Ralph Mayan. The church body owns and operates Concordia University College of Alberta in Edmonton, and two seminaries, Concordia Lutheran Theological Seminary in St. Catharines, Ontario and Concordia Lutheran Seminary in Edmonton, Alberta. The Lutheran church is a direct result of the Protestant Reformation begun in 1517 by Martin Luther in Wittenberg, Germany. See also: List of Christian denominations
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