The ELCA Youth Gathering is a national convention of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America for high-school-age youth. It is held every 3 years in a different American city. The gathering lasts around 5 days and each day is focused on a form of service. Each convention also has a central theme to it. Each theme is focused on a certain scripture from the bible.
The 1979, 1982 and 1985 Youth Gatherings were a ministry of the American Lutheran Church. The ELCA officially came into existence on January 1, 1988, by the merging of three Lutheran church bodies, including the American Lutheran Church.
From 2000 to 2006, a different format was tried in which the gathering was held for two weeks with certain churches coming to the convention one week and the other churches coming to it the second week. This was later merged into one week in 2009.
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