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Summary Lutheranism is a major protestant denomination, which originated as a sixteenth century movement led by Martin Luther . The Development of Lutheranism is credited to Martin Luther. Luther was a German Augustinian monk and professor of theology at the University of Wittenberg in Saxony. His goal originally was the reformation of the Western Christian Church (Roman Catholic). The church taught at this time and as was Luther’s belief that the surest way past sinfulness …

…churches with the migration of the Salzburger migration to Georgia in 1734. In the late 19th century there were about 150 Lutheran bodies in the United States. In 1918 the Lutherans formed into the United Lutheran Church of America. The American Lutheran Church, formed in 1961, and the Lutheran Church in America, formed in 1962, united in 1988 to become the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America. This group comprises of about 5.2 million members. This is about 95% of all Lutherans in America.