Lutheran Churches in Andhra Pradesh, india

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia


Lutheranism was introduced into Andhra Pradesh, one of the southern states of India in the year 1842 by a German origin Pennsylvanian missionary of German origin, the Rev. Father John Christian Frederick Heyer.

[edit] Church Bodies

At present there are 12 Lutheran church bodies in Andhra Pradesh:

  • Andhra Evangelical Lutheran Church (AELC)
  • South Andhra Evangelical Lutheran church (SALC)
  • Good Samaritan Evangelical Lutheran Church (GSELC)
  • Bible Faith Evangelical Lutheran Church (BFLC)
  • Christ Evangelical Lutheran Church (CELC)
  • Lutheran Fellowship of India (LFI)
  • Evangelical Lutheran Church of the Cross (ELCC)
  • Deccan Evangelical Lutheran Church (DELC)
  • Church of Lutheran Confessions in India (CLCI)
  • Assciation of Free Lutheran Churches (AFLC)
  • Crishtu Sudha Communications & Ministries (CSCM)
  • Bharat Evangelical Lutheran Church (BELC)