International Lutheran Council
Besides the Lutheran World Federation, another global body bringing Lutheran churches together is the International Lutheran Council. The ILC came officially into existence in 1993, as the result of a process of formation that began in 1952. The ILC defines itself as "a worldwide association of established confessional Lutheran church bodies which proclaim the Gospel of Jesus Christ on the basis of an unconditional commitment to the Holy Scriptures as the inspired and infallible word of God and to the Lutheran Confessions contained in the Book of Concord as the true and faithful exposition of the word of God". The International Lutheran Council has 30 member churches representing 3.3 million Christians in the world. The office of the ILC is located in St. Louis, Missouri (USA).
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Africa:Lutheran Church of Nigeria Free Evangelical Lutheran Synod in South Africa Lutheran Church in Southern Africa Asia:Lutheran Church of Australia China Evangelical Lutheran Church Lutheran Church – Hong Kong Synod India Evangelical Lutheran Church (UELCI) Japan Lutheran Church Lutheran Church in Korea Lutheran Church in the Philippines Lanka Lutheran Church (Sri Lanka) Caribbean:Evangelical Lutheran Church of Haiti Europe:Evangelical Lutheran Free Church of Denmark Evangelical Lutheran Church of England Evangelical Lutheran Church – Synod of France and Belgium Independent Evangelical Lutheran Church (Germany) Evangelical Lutheran Church of Ingria in Russia Latin America:Evangelical Lutheran Church of Argentina Christian Evangelical Lutheran Church of Bolivia Evangelical Lutheran Church of Brazil Evangelical Lutheran Church of the Republic of Chile Lutheran Church of Guatemala Lutheran Synod of Mexico Evangelical Lutheran Church of Paraguay Lutheran Church of Venezuela North America:Lutheran Church – Canada Lutheran Church – Missouri Synod (USA) Pacific:Gutnius Lutheran Church (Papua New Guinea) |
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