My dad was a pastor, and a semi-big shot. My mom's husband works at ELCA headquarters. I go to an independent church that follows Southern Baptist doctrine.
Yes I was raised Lutheran in what now is the ELCA. I grew up in Iowa and then spent a big chunk of my adult life in Minneapolis. Minneapolis is changing ethnically but, you still can't swing a dead cat in Minneapolis without hitting a Lutheran. I returned to church about 7-8 years ago and attended a very hip, slick and cool Lutheran church in the “the city” (Minneapolis proper) until we moved Connecticut two years ago.
It’s a long story but we now attend a nondenominational church that used to be (gasp) Assemblies of God. I am sure my relatives are rolling in their graves over that one. My Iowa relatives still make fun of Missouri Synod Lutherans and I still don't quite know why.