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(Ev. Luth. Syn. of Miami). Named after the valley of the Great and Little Miami Rivers. Organized October 16, 1844, at Xenia, Ohio, under leadership of E. Keller*; joined Gen. Syn. 1845 (see General Synod of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in the United States of America, The), ULC 1918; merged November 1920 with the Dist. Syn. of Ohio (formerly of the Gen. Council [see General Council of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in (North) America]), the East Ohio Syn. of the Ev. Luth. Ch., and the Wittenberg* Syn. of the Ev. Luth. Ch. of Ohio (of the Gen. Syn.) into the Syn. of Ohio of the ULC See also United Lutheran Church in America, The, Synods of, 8, 19.