Lutherans

1730s –

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Newberry College

The college maintains close relations with the Lutheran Church, relating to four synods of the ELCA: South Carolina, Southeastern, Florida-Bahamas, and Caribbean. Its mission statement asserts, “As a Lutheran college, Newberry College recognizes the value of academic freedom, intellectual dialogue, and diversity of viewpoint. The Lutheran tradition also celebrates the concept of vocation, leading students to prepare for meaningful life experiences, occupations, and service to the world as well as to the church.”

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  • Title Lutherans
  • Coverage 1730s –
  • Author
  • Keywords third-largest Protestant denomination in the United States, highest concentrations in Newberry and Lexington Counties, Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA), ecumenical Union of Churches in 1788, The Civil War created a rupture that Lutherans could not avoid,
  • Website Name South Carolina Encyclopedia
  • Publisher University of South Carolina, Institute for Southern Studies
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  • Access Date March 28, 2024
  • Original Published Date
  • Date of Last Update August 9, 2022
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