Lutheran synod in America, the Pennsylvania Ministerium, in 1746. The LCA came into existence in 1962 with the merger of several smaller Lutheran denominations. The largest forerunner of the Fortress Press was the Muhlenberg Press of the United Lutheran Church in America, the largest partner in the LCA merger. The oldest ancestor was the Henkel Press, started by the son of Paul Henkel, a famous late 18th and early 19th century Lutheran pastor, missionary, and evangelist in the Appalachian Mountains region. Fortress published The Lutheran, the monthly magazine of the LCA and also of the earlier United Lutheran Church in America. The magazine had its beginnings in 1831 in publications of the General Synod. In July 2016, the Augsburg Fortress re-branded as 1517 Media. It continues to use Augsburg Fortress as an imprint for church resources and Fortress Press as an imprint for academic and reference titles. Other imprints include Beaming Books, Broadleaf Books, and Sparkhouse. See also Concordia Publishing House, the Lutheran Church–Missouri Synod's official publishing house Northwestern Publishing House, the Wisconsin Evangelical Lutheran Synod's official publishing house References External links 1517 Media official site Augsburg Fortress official site Beaming Books official site Broadleaf Books official site Fortress Press official site Living Lutheran official magazine of the ELCA Sparkhouse official site Christian publishing companies Book publishing companies based in Minnesota Publishing companies established in 1988 Evangelical Lutheran Church in America