African-American Baptist Oriental Orthodox Eastern Protestant Finished Work Pentecostal Oneness Pentecostal Over 40 different Lutheran denominations currently exist in North America.
However, most North American Lutherans belong to one of the three largest denominations, namely, the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America, the Lutheran Church – Missouri Synod, or the Wisconsin Evangelical Lutheran Synod.
[citation needed] Source:[1] Most of the now-defunct North American Lutheran denominations merged or were absorbed into larger bodies.
The following is an incomplete list.
Chart of splits and mergers of North American Lutheran churches