How to Use Lutheran in a Sentence

Lutheran

noun
  • The rest of her body was buried in a Lutheran cemetery in Seattle.
    — Claire Healy, Washington Post, 2023-08-14
  • Among the ideas that have been considered is making the old church a Lutheran museum.
    — Jim Riccioli, Journal Sentinel, 2024-05-03
  • Grace Lutheran has about 20 members, and its median age is about 60 years old.
    — Sophie Carson, jsonline.com, 21 Aug. 2025
  • Canyon will play Irvine Crean Lutheran, a 9-7 win over Sultana.
    — Eric Sondheimer, Los Angeles Times, 2023-05-17
  • The five-set win over Trinity Lutheran also included 19 digs and two kills.
    — Brian Haenchen, The Indianapolis Star, 2023-08-29
  • The purpose of my travel was to teach at a Lutheran seminary in Pretoria, South Africa.
    — A. Trevor Sutton, The Christian Science Monitor, 2023-10-03
  • Zehnder was a lifelong member of St. Lorenz Lutheran Church, where funeral services will be held.
    — Susan Selasky, Detroit Free Press, 2023-07-10
  • Before turning to the page, Merritt did some research by embedding with a Lutheran community in Ohio.
    — Ariel Shapiro, The Verge, 2023-10-03
  • Moore arrived at Orange Lutheran after guiding the Huntington Beach girls for three seasons.
    — Dan Albano, Orange County Register, 2024-04-23
  • The Cougars’ double-digit lead was cut in half after Lutheran’s Isaiah Williams converted a layup with 3:28 on the clock.
    — Matt Schubert, The Denver Post, 2024-03-08
  • The new apartments are located next door to Bethany Lutheran Church and its community garden, which Savage said residents would be able to enjoy.
    — Tory Basile, IndyStar, 11 Aug. 2025
  • Pfeffer said Grace Lutheran Church gave the nonprofit plenty of time to review the lease and negotiate before making a decision.
    — The Arizona Republic, 2024-04-25
  • Texas Lutheran University senior Ashley Adams is gearing up for graduation this month.
    — Simrin Singh, CBS News, 2023-05-11
  • Orange Lutheran’s girls flag football program features arguably the best player in Southern California but the Lancers are far from a one-person team.
    — Dan Albano, Oc Register, 31 Aug. 2025
  • Recently, several were hung in the new Carroll Lutheran Village renovation in Westminster.
    — Lyndi McNulty, Baltimore Sun, 2023-08-19
  • McGraw’s four children were also sickened at the time and two of them were hospitalized at Advocate Lutheran General Hospital.
    — Angie Leventis Lourgos, Chicago Tribune, 31 Aug. 2025
  • After trailing for the first three quarters of the championship game against Long Island Lutheran, Montverde chipped away and then pulled away in the fourth quarter on its way to a 60-54 victory.
    — Steve Gorches, Orlando Sentinel, 2023-04-01
  • Scored 17 points and had 10 assists in a nationally-televised upset over powerhouse Long Island Lutheran in December.
    — Joseph Dycus, The Mercury News, 2024-03-15
  • These were saucily intercut with occult signifiers of supernatural gestation and birth, plus footage of a Jesus movie meant for viewing a nearby Lutheran church that was mistakenly delivered to Anger’s house.
    — Vulture, 2023-05-27
  • The highlight was rushing for a large-school section record 442 yards with seven touchdowns in a Southern California Regional playoff win over Orange Lutheran.
    — Kirk Kenney, San Diego Union-Tribune, 7 Aug. 2025
  • The retrievers are part of LCC K-9 Comfort Dog Ministry, an outfit based out of Lutheran Church Charities near Chicago.
    — Alex V. Cipolle, Twin Cities, 1 Sep. 2025
  • The Supreme Court first recognized the ministerial exemption in a unanimous 2012 decision involving a teacher at a Lutheran church and school in Michigan fired after taking leave to deal with illness.
    — John Fritze, USA TODAY, 2023-07-14
  • The article queried 12 other Baltimore clergy, representing Lutheran, Baptist, Presbyterian, and Methodist churches.
    — Time, 7 Aug. 2025
  • Earlier that month, JSerra Catholic High School, Orange Lutheran High School and Crean Lutheran High School sent a joint letter to the CIF on Thursday.
    — Jackson Thompson, FOXNews.com, 14 Aug. 2025
  • The Norwegian Lutheran university is well-known for its choir, whose Christmastime concert is the feature of the annual Christmasfest, which also includes traditional Lutheran foods—like the delicious Lefse with lingonberry jam and less delicious gelatinous whitefish dish Lutefisk.
    — Emma Whitford, Forbes.com, 26 Aug. 2025
  • But this Lutheran church some 120 miles above the Arctic Circle seeks to incorporate the region's minority languages -- Northern Sami, Finnish and Meänkieli -- into worship services, carrying on an inclusive ethos that has been a cornerstone of the historic wooden church since its founding in 1912.
    — Arkansas Online, 22 Aug. 2025
  • Rabbi Rick Jacobs, the president of the Union for Reform Judaism, arrived at the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America Churchwide Assembly with decades of experience building ties between the Lutheran and Jewish communities.
    — Grace Gilson, Sun Sentinel, 12 Aug. 2025

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