International Lutheran Council
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The International Lutheran Council is a worldwide association of confessional Lutheran denominations. 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 in the 1950s and 1960s.
Member bodies of the ILC hold "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 Council has thirty participating churches as of 2007. Among its larger members are the Lutheran Church - Missouri Synod, the Evangelical Lutheran Church of Brazil, and the Lutheran Church - Canada. Altogether, approximately 3,450,000 adherents belong to ILC member churches. ILC members comprise approximately 5% of Lutherans worldwide.
The Council's Chairman is the Rev. Dr. Ralph Mayan, who is also President of the Lutheran Church - Canada since 1996. Its Executive Secretary is the Rev. Dr. Samuel H. Nafzger [1], who is also Executive Director of the LCMS' Commission on Theology and Church Relations. Delegates to the ILC meet every two years.
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[edit] Members
Sorted by country in alphabetical order
[edit] Full Members
- Argentina
- Evangelical Lutheran Church of Argentina website
- (Iglesia Evangélica Luterana Argentina)
- Belgium
- Evangelical Lutheran Church in Belgium website
- (Evangelisch-Lutherse Kerk in België)
- Bolivia
- Christian Evangelical Lutheran Church of Bolivia
- (Iglesia Cristiana Evangélica Luterana de Bolivia)
- Brazil
- Evangelical Lutheran Church of Brazil website
- (Igreja Evangélica Luterana do Brasil)
- Canada
- Chile
- Evangelical Lutheran Church of the Republic of Chile website
- (Iglesia Evangélica Luterana de la República de Chile)
- China (Hong Kong SAR)
- China, Republic of (Taiwan)
- China Evangelical Lutheran Church
- (中華福音道路德會)
- Denmark
- Evangelical Lutheran Free Church of Denmark website
- (Den evangelisk-lutherske Frikirke i Danmark)
- France
- Evangelical Lutheran Church - Synod of France and Belgium website
- (Église Évangélique Luthérienne - Synode de France et de Belgique)
- Germany
- Ghana
- Evangelical Lutheran Church of Ghana
- - also a full member of the Lutheran World Federation
- Guatemala
- Lutheran Church of Guatemala
- (Consejo Luterano Iglesia Luterana en Guatemala)
- Haiti
- Evangelical Lutheran Church of Haiti website
- (Eglise Evangelique Lutherienne D'Haiti)
- India
- India Evangelical Lutheran Church
- - also a full member of the Lutheran World Federation
- Japan
- Japan Lutheran Church link
- (日本ルーテル教団)
- - also an associate member of the Lutheran World Federation
- Korea, South
- Lutheran Church in Korea website website
- (기독교한국루터회)
- - also a full member of the Lutheran World Federation
- Mexico
- Lutheran Synod of Mexico
- (Sinodo Luterano de Mexico)
- Nigeria
- Lutheran Church of Nigeria
- Papua New Guinea
- Paraguay
- Evangelical Lutheran Church of Paraguay website
- (Iglesia Evangélica Luterana del Paraguay)
- Philippines
- Lutheran Church in the Philippines
- - also a full member of the Lutheran World Federation
- Russia
- Evangelical Lutheran Church of Ingria in Russia website
- (Евангелическая-лютеранская Церковь ИНГРИИ)
- - also a full member of the Lutheran World Federation
- South Africa
- Free Evangelical Lutheran Synod in South Africa website
- Lutheran Church in Southern Africa
- Sri Lanka
- Lanka Lutheran Church
- - also a full member of the Lutheran World Federation
- United Kingdom
- Evangelical Lutheran Church of England website
- United States of America
- Venezuela
- Lutheran Church of Venezuela website
- (Iglesia Luterana de Venezuela)
[edit] Associate Members
- Australia
- Lutheran Church of Australia website
- - also an associate member of the Lutheran World Federation
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