Task: Text Simplification
Input (English): Then , on April 26 , 1847 , twelve pastors representing fourteen German Lutheran congregations met in Chicago , Illinois , and officially founded the new church body , the " German Evangelical Lutheran Synod of Missouri , Ohio and Other States " .
Output (English): On April 26 , 1847 , twelve pastors met in Chicago , Illinois , and officially started the " German Evangelical Lutheran Synod of Missouri , Ohio and Other States " .