The Evangelical Church in Germany is a federation of twenty Lutheran, Reformed (Calvinist) and United Protestant regional churches and denominations in Germany, which collectively encompasses the vast majority of Protestants in that country. In 2018, the EKD had a membership of 21,141,000 members, or 25.5% of the German population. It constitutes one of the largest national Protestant bodies in the world. Church offices managing the federation are located in Hannover-Herrenhausen, Lower Saxony. Many of its members consider themselves Lutherans.
The Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA) is a mainline Protestant Lutheran Church headquartered in Chicago, Illinois. The ELCA officially came into existence on January 1, 1988, by the merging of three Lutheran church bodies. As of 2017, it has approximately 3.4 million baptized members in 9,091 congregations.
The International Lutheran Council is a worldwide association of confessional Lutheran denominations. It is to be distinguished from the Lutheran World Federation and the Confessional Evangelical Lutheran Conference. The member church bodies of the ILC are not required to be in church-fellowship with one another, though many of them are. The organization was constituted in 1993 at a council held in Antigua, Guatemala, although it traces its roots back to theological conferences held in many locations during the 1950s and 1960s.
A united church, also called a uniting church, is a church formed from the merger or other form of union of two or more different Protestant denominations.
The Confessional Evangelical Lutheran Conference (CELC) is an international conference of Confessional Lutheran national churches. The CELC is headquartered in Mankato, Minnesota.
Protestants in Mozambique are part of a variety of denominations. Since the Portuguese colonial period in Mozambique, the Catholic Church has been the main Christian group in the country, followed by various Protestant mission churches and African Independent Churches (AICs). The results of the last census show that Catholicism is no longer the most important religion in the southern provinces of Maputo, Gaza and Inhambane. Zion believers, belonging to the largest AICs, constitute the majority of the population, exceeding the Catholics. Looking at the whole of Mozambique, Zionism is the third religion, representing 16 per cent of the total population, only surpassed by Catholicism (28%) and Islam (18%). For the first time, Evangelicals and Pentecostals were counted together as one separate category in the 2007 Census, representing 11 per cent of the total population and thus are the fourth religious group in the country.
Lutheranism is present on all inhabited continents with an estimated 80 million adherents, out of which 74.2 million are affiliated with the Lutheran World Federation. A major movement that first began the Reformation, it constitutes one of the largest Protestant branches claiming around 80 million out of 920 million Protestants. The Lutheran World Federation brings together the vast majority of Lutherans. Apart from it, there are also other organisations such as the International Lutheran Council and the Confessional Evangelical Lutheran Conference, as well as multiple independent Lutheran denominations.
United Evangelical Lutheran Churches in India (UELCI) is a major Christian denomination in India. It has millions of members. Many of its members are Dalits and Adivasi. It is a member of the World Council of Churches, Christian Conference of Asia, the National Council of Churches in India and Lutheran World Federation. The churches belonging to the UELCI are:
Gossner Evangelical Lutheran Church in Chotanagpur and Assam (GELC) is a major Christian Protestant denomination in India. It has hundreds of thousands of members. It was established on 2 November 1845. It belongs to National Council of Churches in India, United Evangelical Lutheran Church in India, Lutheran World Federation and World Council of Churches. It is led by Moderator Bishop Johann Dang. It is one of the three Lutheran denominations in northeast India along with the Bodo Evangelical Lutheran Church and the Northern Evangelical Lutheran Church.
Jeypore Evangelical Lutheran Church is a major Christian denomination in India. It was established in 1882. At that time the founder of the SHEL mission in Germany was pastor Christian Jensen, who was praying for the people of India. Pioneer missionaries Rev Ernest Pohl and Rev. Herman Bothmann.came to India and reached the Koraput district of Odisha on 31 May 1882 and started mission work. They faced many problems. Gradually they learnt the local language, culture, customs, and the traditional system of the local people. The first woman, Asimuti Behera of the village Joba under the Kotpad mission station, was baptized by the missionary Timmke on 6 December 1886. Day by day the indigenous people took an active part in the congregation and they knew the living God. The people took part in various mission programmes.
Arcot Lutheran Church is a Christian denomination in India. It has about 40,000 members. It belongs to National Council of Churches in India, United Evangelical Lutheran Church in India, Lutheran World Federation and World Council of Churches. It is led by Rt. Rev. G. Raja Socrates Its headquarters are in Cuddalore, Tamil Nadu. The other churches belonging to the United Evangelical Lutheran Church in India are:
Evangelical Lutheran Church in the Himalayan States is a Christian denomination in India. It has about 25,000 members. It belongs to the Lutheran World Federation. Its president is Godwin Nag. The other churches belonging to the United Evangelical Lutheran Church in India are:
South Andhra Lutheran Church is a Christian denomination in India. It is Telugu-speaking. It is led by Bishop Rev.O. Michael Benhur ,who is living as a parish pastor in Nayudupeta of south Andhra pradesh It has tens of thousands of members. It belongs to the Lutheran World Federation. The other churches belonging to the United Evangelical Lutheran Church in India are:
India Evangelical Lutheran Church (IELC) is a Christian denomination in India. Its headquarters is in Tamil Nadu. It belongs to the International Lutheran Council and the Lutheran World Federation. It has three synods named Ambur, Nagercoil, and Trivandrum. The India Evangelical Lutheran Church was founded through the missionary efforts of The Lutheran Church–Missouri Synod (LCMS), with whom it remains in altar and pulpit fellowship.
The Evangelical Lutheran Church in Jordan and the Holy Land (ELCJHL) is a Lutheran denomination that has congregations in Jordan and State of Palestine. First recognized as an autonomous religious community by King Hussein in 1959, the church currently has 3,000 members in six congregations.
The German-speaking Evangelical Lutheran Church in Namibia is a Lutheran denomination based in Namibia. It was founded in 1960, and has 4,434 members.
Concoria Lutheran Church is an often-used name for Lutheran congregations. It may refer to:
