Worship is based on the Book of Common Prayer and interpretation of the Bible using a modified version of the Thirty. Lutheran Church T he Lutheran Church, with 8 million members in the U.S., is based on the writings of Martin Luther, who broke with the Roman Catholic Church and led the Protestant Reformation. The first Lutheran congregation in North America was founded in 1638 in Wilmington, Delaware. The first North American regional synod was founded in 1748 by Heinrich Melchior Muhlenberg. Faith is based on the Bible and the Augsburg Confession, written in 1530.
Salvation comes through faith alone.
The two largest synods in the United States are the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America and the Lutheran Church Missouri Synod. It was founded by the Reverend John Wesley, who began evangelistic preaching with the Church of England in 1738. A separate Wesleyan Methodist Church was established in 1791. The Methodist Episcopal Church was founded in the United States in 1784. The church is perfectionist in social dealings.