The group that calls itself "the oldest and largest Protestant communion" turned out in Minneapolis last week for an impressive show of strength. The Lutheran World Federation was holding its third assembly (the first in the U.S.), and before its ten-days' sessions were over, some 100,000 people were expected to join the 252 official delegates from 57 church bodies in 29 countries, representing more than two-thirds of the world's 70-odd million Lutherans.
Theme of the assembly was "Christ Frees and Unites," and on the stage of the 10,000-seat Minneapolis Auditorium the message was spelled...
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