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Lutheran Social Services of Illinois (LSSI) is the social service arm of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA)'s three Illinois synods. [1] It is headquartered in Des Plaines IL. [2] [3] [4] LSSI started in 1867 [1] as an orphanage for children who lost their parents in the cholera epidemic. [5] [6]
The Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA) has seven seminaries: Lutheran School of Theology at Chicago (Illinois) Lutheran Theological Southern Seminary (Columbia, South Carolina): merged with Lenoir–Rhyne University; Luther Seminary (St. Paul, Minnesota)
ACMC operates a number of residency training and fellowship programs for newly graduated physicians, pharmacists and podiatrists. Each year, more than 400 residents, 600 medical students, and 800 nursing students train at the hospital. In 2016, ACMC opened a new eight story patient tower.
Operations and staff were transitioned to the newly established Lutheran General Hospital in Park Ridge. [10] Lutheran General Hospital then opened at its current location in Park Ridge in 1959. [3] The 326-bed hospital building was constructed at a cost of $7.6 million, and included a nursing school. [8] In 1969, the hospital opened a 73-bed ...
Lutheran Services in America is the national office of a network of 300 Lutheran health and human services organizations across the United States.Headquartered in Washington, DC, Lutheran Services in America amplifies the voice of its $23 billion network to aid community leaders and advance policies and practices that improve the lives of people and communities.
Each year, the hospital provides services for 18,000 inpatients, more than 152,000 outpatients and 41,000 emergency patients. [2] Approximately 300 physicians are trained each year through its affiliations with the University of Illinois College of Medicine, the Chicago Medical School and the Chicago College of Osteopathic Medicine." [6] [7]
Rush University Medical Center has 664 patient beds at its 14-story, 830,000-square-foot location on Chicago's Near West Side. The hospital is known for its butterfly-shaped tower, designed to handle mass casualty events. [8] Rush offers more than 70 residency and fellowship programs in medical and surgical specialties and subspecialties.
Then, on June 4, 1990, the church voted to change the name of "Tinley Park Church of Christ" to "Tinley Park Christian Church", thus clearing up some confusion in the community. In 1989, the church was averaging 150 in attendance. Sunday mornings grew to three services. By 2000 the church had grown to 500 in worship attendance.