Augsburg Fortress is the official publishing house of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA) and also publishes for the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Canada (ELCIC) as Augsburg Fortress Canada. Headquartered in Minneapolis, Minnesota, Augsburg Fortress publishes The Lutheran and the Lutheran Book of Worship, as well as a range of academic and educational titles. The ELCA The Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA) is a mainline Protestant denomination headquartered in Chicago, Illinois. ... The Evangelical Lutheran Church in Canada (ELCIC) (Eglise Evangelique Lutherienne au Canada) is Canadas largest Lutheran denomination, with 182,077 baptized members in 624 congregations. ... The Lutheran is the primary publication of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America. ... Lutheran Book of Worship is a hymnal and prayer book used by several Lutheran denominations in North America. ...
The current CEO of Augsburg Fortress is Beth Lewis.
History
The press was formed in 1988 when the Board of Publication/Fortress Press and Augsburg Publishing House merged as their parent denominations joined together with the Association of Evangelical Lutheran Churches to form the ELCA. Its predecessor companies were: A religious denomination, (also simply denomination) is a large, long-established subgroup within a religion that has existed for many years. ... The Association of Evangelical Lutheran Churches (AELC) was a U.S. church body that existed from 1976 through the end of 1987. ...
Augsburg Publishing House: At the time of the 1988 ELCA merger, the company was affiliated with the American Lutheran Church. It was founded in 1891 in Minneapolis at Augsburg Seminary, relocating to the downtown area in 1908. With the merger of Lutheran denominations that formed the "new" American Lutheran Church (ALC) in 1960, Augsburg was designated that church's publishing arm. It then absorbed the publishing houses of several denominations that participated in the merger, including Wartburg Press (est. 1881) of the "old" American Lutheran Church and the Danish Lutheran Publishing House (est. 1893) in Blair, Nebraska.
Fortress Press: Fortress Press was the publishing arm of the Lutheran Church in America (LCA), headquartered in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. It came into existence in 1962 with the merger of Lutheran denominations that created the LCA.
Note: Today's Augsburg Fortress still uses the name "Fortress Press" as its imprint for academic titles; this is not to be confused with the old "Fortress Press" of the LCA. The American Lutheran Church (ALC) was a Christian Protestant denomination in the United States from 1960 to 1987. ... This article is licensed under GFDL. Material from the Augsburg College web site is used with permission. ... The American Lutheran Church (ALC) was a Christian Protestant denomination in the United States from 1960 to 1987. ... The Lutheran Church in America (LCA) was a U.S. Lutheran church body that existed from 1962 to 1987. ...
The ELCA The Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA) is a mainline Protestant denomination headquartered in Chicago, Illinois. ... The American Lutheran Church (ALC) was a Christian Protestant denomination in the United States from 1960 to 1987. ... The Lutheran Church in America (LCA) was a U.S. Lutheran church body that existed from 1962 to 1987. ... The Lutheran is the primary publication of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America. ... Concordia Publishing House is the official publisher for the Lutheran Church - Missouri Synod. ... The Lutheran Church - Missouri Synod (LCMS) is the second-largest Lutheran body in the United States. ... Northwestern Publishing House (NPH) is the publisher for the Wisconsin Evangelical Lutheran Synod (WELS). ...
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