Selcë

Selcë is a settlement in the former Kelmend municipality, Shkodër County, northern Albania. At the 2015 local government reform it became part of the municipality Malësi e Madhe. The terrace of Gërçe, a rocky formation between two limestone crags, is in the village.

Cinema

Church

Sculpture of Christ in front of the church

Sculpture of Christ in front of the church

References

Synod of Evangelical Lutheran Churches

The Synod of Evangelical Lutheran Churches (SELC) was an American Lutheran denomination that existed from 1902 to 1971. In 1971 it merged with the Lutheran Church - Missouri Synod (LCMS), and it now operates as the non-geographic SELC District of that body.

History

The denomination was founded by Slovak Lutheran immigrants in Connellsville, Pennsylvania on September 2, 1902 as the Slovak Evangelical Lutheran Church of the Augsburg Confession in the United States of America (Slovenská evanjelická celocirkev augsburgského vyznania v Spojenych štátoch amerických). At its origin, the denomination had ten clergymen and 15 congregations. Most congregations were composed of recent immigrants, and liturgies were usually conducted in the Slovak language.

The name was changed in 1913 to Slovak Evangelical Lutheran Synod of the United States of America. In 1945, the name was shortened to Slovak Evangelical Lutheran Church. By 1959, the use of Slovak as a primary liturgical language had died out and the denomination was renamed the Synod of Evangelical Lutheran Churches, thereby retaining SELC as its acronym.