Latvian Evangelical Lutheran Church in America

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The Latvian Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (Latvian: Latviešu evaņģēliski luteriskā baznīca Amerikā, abbreviated LELBA) is a Lutheran denomination, formed in 1957 as a federation, and reorganized in 1975 as a formal denomination. In 1978, Lauma Lagzdins Zusevics was ordained as the first woman to serve as a full-time minister for the LELBA. In 2014 she became the first female Lutheran bishop in Latvian history, as the Evangelical Lutheran Church of Latvia proper does not recognize women's ordination.^[1]

As of 2007, 12,000 congregants and 68 congregations of the church were present in the United States. It is headquartered in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.

• Latvian Evangelical Lutheran Church Abroad

• Latvian congregation in Washington D. C.
• Latvian congregation in New York
• Latvian: Latviešu evangeliski luteriska Baznica Amerika