Evangelical Lutheran Church In Madhya Pradesh
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Evangelical Lutheran Church in Madhya Pradesh is a Church belonging to the Lutheran denomination in
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. It has about 22,000 members. The head office is situated in Chhindwara, Madhya Pradesh. It is affiliated with
United Evangelical Lutheran Church in India United Evangelical Lutheran Churches in India (UELCI) is a communion of twelve Lutheran Christian denominations in India. It has approximately four million members. It is a member of the World Council of Churches, Christian Conference of Asia, the N ...
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. It is currently led by Bishop Rt. Rev. Surendra Sukka It exists since 1923. The other churches belonging to the
United Evangelical Lutheran Church in India United Evangelical Lutheran Churches in India (UELCI) is a communion of twelve Lutheran Christian denominations in India. It has approximately four million members. It is a member of the World Council of Churches, Christian Conference of Asia, the N ...
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Evangelical Lutheran Church in the Himalayan States 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 Evangelica ...
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Gossner Evangelical Lutheran Church in Chotanagpur and Assam The Gossner Evangelical Lutheran Church in Chotanagpur and Assam (GELC) is a major Christianity, Christian Protestant denomination in India, with hundreds of thousands of members. It was established on 2 November 1845. The church is affiliated w ...
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Indian Evangelical Lutheran Church 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 and the Lutheran World Federation. It has three synods, named Am ...
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Jeypore Evangelical Lutheran Church 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 ...
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Northern Evangelical Lutheran Church Northern Evangelical Lutheran Church (NELC) is a multi-lingual Lutheran Christian church that is centred mainly in four states of North India - Jharkhand, Assam, Arunachal Pradesh, and Bengal. The reach of the Church extends into Nepal and the NEL ...
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South Andhra Lutheran Church South Andhra Lutheran Church is a Christian denomination in India. It is Telugu language, Telugu-speaking. It is led by Bishop Rev.E.Vijayabhasker, who was elected by an election. It has tens of thousands of members. It belongs to the Lutheran Wo ...
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Tamil Evangelical Lutheran Church The Tamil Evangelical Lutheran Church is a Christian denomination in south India, which was established in 1919 and has approximately 500,000 members. Its headquarters is in Trichy, Tamil Nadu. It is one of the prominent mainline Lutheran c ...


References


External links


Website of the United Evangelical Lutheran Church in India


See also

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Christianity in Madhya Pradesh Christianity is a minority religion in Madhya Pradesh, a state of India. Hindus form the majority in the state.There are many Pentecostal denominations such as Assemblies of God in India,India Pentecostal Church of God are present in the state.The D ...
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