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Two Indiana Lutheran churches unite under one name
Congregations choose to keep both locations open
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A sign outside the Trinity Lutheran Church in Goshen, Ind., identifies the building as part of the consolidation between Trinity Lutheran and First Elkhart Lutheran churches. - photo by J. Tyler Klassen
GOSHEN, Ind. — A pair of Lutheran churches in Goshen are uniting under a new name but keeping their separate locations. Senior pastor John Hickey likes to think of it as a marriage. First English Lutheran on South Fifth Street and Trinity Lutheran on Greene Road have been dating for a long time, working together and sharing resources, he said.