of the term presiding bishop as an alternative for the term general president was approved in 1980. Educational institutions Colleges Augsburg University, Minneapolis, Minnesota Augustana University, Sioux Falls, South Dakota California Lutheran University, Thousand Oaks, California Capital University, Columbus, Ohio Concordia College, Moorhead, Minnesota Dana College, Blair, Nebraska Luther College, Decorah, Iowa Pacific Lutheran University, Parkland, Washington St. Olaf College, Northfield, Minnesota Texas Lutheran University, Seguin, Texas Wartburg College, Waverly, Iowa Waldorf Jr. College, Forest City, Iowa, now a four-year college Seminaries The Evangelical Lutheran Theological Seminary, Columbus, Ohio (shared with LCA after 1978 due to its merger with the Hamma Divinity School of Wittenberg University) Luther Theological Seminary, Saint Paul, Minnesota (shared with the LCA after merger with Northwestern Theological Seminary in 1982) Wartburg Theological Seminary, Dubuque, Iowa Pacific Lutheran Theological Seminary, Berkeley, California (shared with the LCA) National General Conventions 1960 The ALC Constituting/General Convention, Minneapolis, Minnesota 1962 1st, Milwaukee, Wisconsin 1964 2nd, Columbus, Ohio 1966 3rd, Minneapolis, Minnesota 1968 4th, Omaha, Nebraska 1970 5th, San Antonio, Texas 1972 6th, Minneapolis, Minnesota 1974 7th, Detroit, Michigan 1976 8th, Washington, D.C. 1978 9th, Moorhead, Minnesota 1980 10th, Minneapolis, Minnesota 1982 11th, San Diego, California 1984 12th, Fargo, North Dakota and Moorhead, Minnesota 1986 13th, Minneapolis, Minnesota 1987 Closing convention, Columbus, Ohio References Todd W. Nichol All These Lutherans (Minneapolis: Augburg Publishing House, 1986) External links History of the bodies that eventually joined into The ALC Wolf, Edmund Jacob. The Lutherans in America; a story of struggle, progress, influence and marvelous growth. New York: J.A. Hill. 1889. History of Christianity in the United States Evangelical Lutheran Church in America predecessor churches Lutheran denominations in North America Christian organizations established in 1960 Lutheran denominations established in the 20th century 1960 establishments in Minnesota