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United Evangelical Lutheran Churches in India (UELCI) is a communion of twelve Lutheran Christian denominations in India. It has approximately four million members. [1] [2] It is a member of the World Council of Churches, Christian Conference of Asia, the National Council of Churches in India, the ACT Alliance and Lutheran World Federation.
Lutheran Indian Mission (Immanuel Mohican Lutheran Church) is a historic church in Gresham, Wisconsin, United States. The Mission church and school was built in 1901 by the Lutheran Church–Missouri Synod to serve Stockbridge Indians. The school operated until 1958 and the church continues today. [2]
The India Evangelical Lutheran Church (IELC) is a confessional Lutheran Christian church body of India headquartered in Tamil Nadu. It belongs to the International Lutheran Council [1] and the Lutheran World Federation. It has three synods, named Ambur Synod, Nagercoil Synod, and Trivandrum Synod.
Andhra Evangelical Lutheran Church (AELC) [2] was constituted in the year 1927 in Andhra Pradesh, India. It is the Indian successor to the United Lutheran Church in America which was started as a self-supporting, self-governing, and self-propagating church among Telugu Christians. [3]
These missionaries have made a vast contributions in the districts of Tinnevelly and Travancore, which covers most of southern India Kerala. [1] [2] These missions were mostly influenced under the direct control of the Church of England. The following is an incomplete list of Protestant missionaries in India.
The Gossner Evangelical Lutheran Church, headquartered in Ranchi, Jharkhand (formerly Bihar), is one of the largest and most widespread Lutheran churches in India.Its origins date back to 1845 when Johannes Evangelista Gossner from Germany sent four missionaries to launch the Lutheran mission in India.
On 28 April 1989, the United Evangelical Lutheran Church in India gave provisional membership to NWGEL Church. NWGEL Church is a member of the National Council of Churches in India and local bodies such as Bengal Christian Council, Jharkhand Christian Council, Bihar Christian Council, and Chattishgarh Christian Council.
Jeypore Evangelical Lutheran Church is a major Lutheran Christian denomination in India.It was established in 1882. At that time, the founder of The Schleswig Holstein Evangelical Lutheran Mission Society of Germany (SHELM) in Germany was Pastor Christian Jensen, who was praying for the people of India.