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Conservative Lutherans organize new church body

Conservative Lutherans have a new church body that came into being following disagreements with the Evan­gelical Lutheran Church in America over the ordination of gay clergy.

The North American Lutheran Church, formed August 26-27 in Grove City, Ohio, "will uphold confessional principles dear to Lutherans, including a commitment to the authority of the Bible and the Lutheran Confessions," organizers said.