Lutheran Service Book

Lutheran Service Book (LSB) is the newest official hymnal of the Lutheran Church–Missouri Synod (LCMS) and the Lutheran Church–Canada (LCC). It was prepared by the LCMS Commission on Worship and published by Concordia Publishing House, the official publisher of the LCMS. It is the fourth official English-language hymnal of the LCMS published since the synod began transitioning from German to English in the early 1900s. LSB is intended to succeed both The Lutheran Hymnal (TLH) and Lutheran Worship (LW) as the common hymnal of the LCMS. Supplemental and companion editions to the hymnal were released throughout the end of 2006 and into 2007. The hymnal was officially approved by the LCMS at the 2004 LCMS National Convention in St. Louis. It was officially released on September 1, 2006, but many customers who pre-ordered the hymnal received their copies several weeks earlier.

Lutheran Service Book
The pew edition of Lutheran Service Book
Commissioned byLutheran Church–Missouri Synod
Approved forLutheran Church–Missouri Synod, Lutheran Church–Canada
Released2006
PublisherConcordia Publishing House
Pages1024
No. of Hymns635
Psalms107
Service music5 settings of the Divine Service, 5 Daily Offices, other services
← Lutheran Worship

In April 2015, Lutheran Service Book became the first Lutheran hymnal to be made available in ebook format.

Contents

Editions

In addition to the pew edition, several other editions of LSB are available:

  • Altar Book
  • Accompaniment editions
    • LSB Accompaniment—Liturgy
    • LSB Accompaniment—Hymns
    • Guitar Edition
  • Ebook Edition
  • Lectionaries
    • Three-Year Lectionary—Year A
    • Three-Year Lectionary—Year B
    • Three-Year Lectionary—Year C
    • One-Year Lectionary
  • Agenda
  • Pastoral Care Companion

See also

Lutheran Service Builder

In addition to the various print editions of the hymnal, the Commission on Worship prepared an electronic edition of Lutheran Service Book known as Lutheran Service Builder. This computer program is structured in order to allow churches to easily prepare printed orders of service and electronically presented orders of service, containing readings, hymns, and service music.

References
  • Lutheran Service Book. St. Louis: Concordia Publishing House. 2006. ISBN 0-7586-1217-6.
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