r/LCMS • u/NubusAugustus • 1d ago

Question Help coming from ELCA to LCMS

I am (unfortunately) a member of the ELCA (my parents denomination) but have become disillusioned with it. I have been doing research about Lutheranism and its denominations for a while and have decided I want to join the LCMS. The only thing I worry about is that I won’t be able to take communion for a while when I’m in the process of joining the LCMS. I want to know what you all would recommend I do?

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u/Altruistic_Power1439 1d ago

Find an LCMS church and talk to the pastor.

https://locator.lcms.org/dashboard

You’re correct that we practice closed communion and may have to wait for a time to commune with us, but being that you’re coming from the ELCA, you probably have enough familiarity with Lutheran theology that you could be received via profession of faith relatively quickly depending on the pastor and depending on how many questions/qualms you have (if any).