Heritage Lutheran Church, Apple Valley, MN

Heritage Lutheran Church is a congregation of the Evangelical Lutheran Synod (ELS), headquartered in Mankato Minnesota on the campus of Bethany Lutheran College and Seminary. Norwegian Lutheran immigrants originally organized the ELS in 1853 as the Norwegian Synod. A major reorganization came in 1918 after a majority of congregations and pastors left the synod to join a large merger of several other Lutheran churches. In 1958 “Norwegian” was dropped from the title and the synod became known by its present name.

The ELS is sometimes confused with the larger ELCA (Evangelical Lutheran Church in America)- the 1988 merger of the old ALC, LCA, and AELC Lutheran church bodies. The ELS is not part of or associated with the ELCA. It is, however, in full fellowship with the WELS (Wisconsin Evangelical Lutheran Synod) and the other orthodox Lutheran churches around the world belonging to the Confessional Evangelical Lutheran Conference (CELC). The CELC includes Lutheran church bodies from Bulgaria, Nigeria, Mexico, Latvia, Czech Republic, Russia, Finland, Puerto Rico, Germany, Peru, Australia, Indonesia, Cameroon, Malawi, Zambia, Sweden, Norway, Japan, Ukraine, in addition to the ELS and the WELS of the United States.


Home What We Believe Worship Times Current Events Heritage School Expansion Project Youth Ministry Members Photos Contact Us Calendar Sunday School at Heritage Lutheran offers our children the enriching environment needed to create a long lasting relationship with God.Learn More		Heritage Lutheran Church is a congregation of the Evangelical Lutheran Synod (ELS), headquartered in Mankato Minnesota on the campus of Bethany Lutheran College and Seminary. Norwegian Lutheran immigrants originally organized the ELS in 1853 as the Norwegian Synod. A major reorganization came in 1918 after a majority of congregations and pastors left the synod to join a large merger of several other Lutheran churches. In 1958 “Norwegian” was dropped from the title and the synod became known by its present name. The ELS is sometimes confused with the larger ELCA (Evangelical Lutheran Church in America)- the 1988 merger of the old ALC, LCA, and AELC Lutheran church bodies. The ELS is not part of or associated with the ELCA. It is, however, in full fellowship with the WELS (Wisconsin Evangelical Lutheran Synod) and the other orthodox Lutheran churches around the world belonging to the Confessional Evangelical Lutheran Conference (CELC). The CELC includes Lutheran church bodies from Bulgaria, Nigeria, Mexico, Latvia, Czech Republic, Russia, Finland, Puerto Rico, Germany, Peru, Australia, Indonesia, Cameroon, Malawi, Zambia, Sweden, Norway, Japan, Ukraine, in addition to the ELS and the WELS of the United States.
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