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[edit] Summary

Official corporate logo of the Lutheran Church - Missouri Synod

[edit] Meaning

• The logo cross of the Lutheran Church - Missouri Synod is comprised of three crosses in one. This symbolizes the LCMS declaration that "we worship one God in Trinity and Trinity in Unity."

• The top and left arms of the crosses reach upward toward God in prayer, open to receive God’s grace. The bottom and right arms of the crosses reach downward, open to embrace the world with God’s love.

• The twelve individual sections of the LCMS logo cross remind us of the twelve tribes of Israel from the Old Testament, as well as the twelve apostles from the New Testament. The four arms of the cross appear to be in motion as we proclaim to the world what God’s love through Jesus Christ means to us, spreading the Gospel to the four corners of the world.

• The LCMS logo cross was introduced in 1984.

[edit] Licensing

This is a logo of an organization, item, or event, and is protected by copyright and/or trademark. It is believed that the use of low-resolution images on the English-language Wikipedia, hosted on servers in the United States by the non-profit Wikimedia Foundation, of logos for certain uses involving identification and critical commentary may qualify as fair use under United States copyright law. Any other uses of this image, on Wikipedia or elsewhere, may be copyright infringement. Certain commercial use of this image may also be trademark infringement. See Wikipedia:Non-free content and Wikipedia:Logos. This tag must have an accompanying fair use rationale which must be unique to the usage of THIS image in each article in which it is used. You must also give the source and copyright information for all fair-use images uploaded. Use of the logo here does not imply endorsement of the organization by Wikipedia or the Wikimedia Foundation, nor vice versa.

[edit] Sources

• The Lutheran Church - Missouri Synod
• The Meaning of the LCMS Logo Cross

[edit] Fair use for Lutheran Church - Missouri Synod Logo

I assert that this image may be included as a fair use of the logo in this article, even though it is subject to copyright or trademark, for the following reasons:

1. It is a logo of the organization, used by the nonprofit English Wikipedia for identification purposes
2. It is a low-resolution rendering of only one of the logos in the copyrighted collection
3. It is not being used as part of negative criticism of the organization, but as part of an informational article about the organization
4. It is not being used in a way that, to a reasonable reader, falsely portrays an official connection between the Wikimedia Foundation and the Missouri Synod
5. It does not affect the potential market for the logos, which are distributed free of charge

—ptk✰fgs 16:29, 27 September 2006 (UTC)

Permission granted by the LCMS - Wednesday, October 25, 2006

...We have reviewed this request and the site (Wikipedia) and have determined that it would be fine at this time to include the logo on the site. We appreciate very much your request to do and appreciate you taking the time to get this done. Please let me know if you have any questions about this or if we can be of assistance in any other way.

Blessings on your day,

Vicki Biggs

Manager, Public Affairs & Media Relations

The Lutheran Church--Missouri Synod

314 996-1236

--Dulcimerist 18:27, 28 August 2007 (UTC)

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