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The Laestadian Lutheran Church (LLC) is a religious Christian movement, with teachings based from the Bible and the Lutheran Confessions. From June 9, 1973, the organisation was named the Association of American Laestadian Congregations ( AALC ), before the association changed its name in 1994 in order better to convey its spiritual heritage.
Conservative laestadianism – ("Heidemans") 5,000 members in the United States and Canada (Laestadian Lutheran Church), and in Ecuador; Torola group – 4,000 members in the United States (First Apostolic Lutheran Church) Reedites (pollarites) – 3,500 members in the United States (Independent Apostolic Lutheran Church)
Carl A. Kulla, The Journey Of An Immigrant Awakening Movement In America: A Brief History Of Laestadianism and The Apostolic Lutheran Church, 2004, Brush Prairie, Washington. Aila Foltz - Miriam Yliniemi, A Godly Heritage: Historical View of the Laestadian Revival and Development of the Apostolic Lutheran Church in America, 2005, Frazee, Minnesota.
The encyclopedia of the Lutheran Church (3 vol 1965) vol 1 and 3 online free Brauer, James Leonard and Fred L. Precht, eds. Lutheran Worship: History and Practice (1993) Brug, John F., Fredrich II, Edward C., Schuetze, Armin W., WELS and Other Lutherans .
The Apostolic Lutheran Church of America (ALCA) is a Laestadian Lutheran church denomination established by Finnish American and Norwegian immigrants in the 1800s. They came mainly from northern Finland and northern Norway where they had been members of the state churches.
In Sweden, Firstborn Laestadians are often known as "West Laestadians" and have adopted a more critical attitude towards the Church of Sweden than other Laestadian groups. In the US and Canada, the Firstborn organized as the Old Apostolic Lutheran Church around the turn of the twentieth century.
Lars Levi Laestadius (Swedish pronunciation: [ˈlɑːʂ ˈlěːvɪ lɛˈstɑ̌ːdɪɵs]; 10 January 1800 – 21 February 1861) was a Swedish Sami writer, ecologist, mythologist, and ethnographer as well as a pastor and administrator of the Swedish state Lutheran church in Lapland who founded the Laestadian pietist revival movement to help his largely Sami congregations, who were being ravaged ...
Prescott Valley (locally, PV) is located in central Arizona approximately 85 miles (137 km) north of Phoenix at 5,100 feet (1,600 m). elevation. PV has good access to Arizona State Route 89 , SR-89A and SR-69 , connecting to Interstates 17 and 40 .