| Lutheran Service Book | |||
 The pew edition ofLutheran Service Book | |||
| Commissioned by | Lutheran Church–Missouri Synod | ||
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| Approved for | Lutheran Church–Missouri Synod,Lutheran Church–Canada | ||
| Released | 2006 | ||
| Publisher | Concordia Publishing House | ||
| Pages | 1024 | ||
| No. of Hymns | 635 | ||
| Psalms | 107 | ||
| Service music | 5 settings of the Divine Service, 5 Daily Offices, other services | ||
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Lutheran Service Book (LSB) is the newest officialhymnal of theLutheran Church–Missouri Synod (LCMS) and theLutheran Church–Canada (LCC). It was prepared by the LCMS Commission on Worship and published byConcordia 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 bothThe Lutheran Hymnal (TLH) andLutheran 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 inSt. Louis. It was officially released on September 1, 2006, but many who preordered received their copies early.
In April 2015,Lutheran Service Book became the first Lutheran hymnal to be made available in ebook format.
In addition to the pew edition, several other editions of LSB are available:
In addition to the various print editions of the hymnal, the Commission on Worship prepared an electronic edition ofLutheran Service Book known asLutheran 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.