Parent company | Evangelical Lutheran Church in America |
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Founded | 1988 |
Country of origin | United States |
Headquarters location | Minneapolis, Minnesota |
Publication types | Books, Magazines |
Imprints | Augsburg, Fortress |
Official website | www |
Augsburg Fortress is the official publishing house of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA) and also publishes for the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Canada (ELCIC) as Augsburg Fortress Canada. Headquartered in Minneapolis, Minnesota Augsburg Fortress publishes The Lutheran, the Lutheran Book of Worship, Lutheran Study Bible, and Evangelical Lutheran Worship, as well as a range of academic and educational titles. The current CEO of Augsburg Fortress is Beth Lewis.
The press was formed in 1988 when the Fortress Press and Augsburg Publishing House merged as their parent denominations, the Lutheran Church in America (LCA) and the American Lutheran Church (ALC) joined together with the Association of Evangelical Lutheran Churches to form the ELCA. Its two predecessor companies were:
Augsburg Fortress continues to use "Fortress Press" as an imprint for academic titles and "Augsburg" for popular titles.