page_title: International Lutheran Council
section_title: Full Members
hierarchical_section_title: International Lutheran Council / Members / Full Members
caption_attribution_description: English: Light green countries are home to one or more members or associate members of the International Lutheran Council
context_page_description: The International Lutheran Council is a worldwide association of confessional Lutheran denominations. It is to be distinguished from the Lutheran World Federation and the Confessional Evangelical Lutheran Conference. The member church bodies of the ILC are not required to be in church-fellowship with one another, though many of them are. 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 during 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 54 participating churches as of 2018. Among its larger members are the Malagasy Lutheran Church, Lutheran Church–Missouri Synod, the Evangelical Lutheran Church of Brazil, and the Lutheran Church—Canada. Altogether, approximately 7,150,000 adherents belong to ILC member churches.
  The Council's Chairman is Bishop Hans-Jörg Voigt of the Independent Evangelical Lutheran Church, Germany.
context_section_description: Argentina
  Evangelical Lutheran Church of Argentina (Iglesia Evangélica Luterana Argentina)
  Belgium
  Evangelical Lutheran Church in Belgium (Evangelisch-Lutherse Kerk in België)
  Benin
  Lutheran Church in Africa—Benin Synod
  Bolivia
  Christian Evangelical Lutheran Church of Bolivia (Iglesia Cristiana Evangélica Luterana de Bolivia) - also a member of the Global Confessional and Missional Lutheran Forum
  Brazil
  Evangelical Lutheran Church of Brazil (Igreja Evangélica Luterana do Brasil)
  Burkina Faso
  Evangelical Lutheran Church of Burkina Faso
  Canada
  Lutheran Church—Canada
  Chile
  Evangelical Lutheran Church of the Republic of Chile (Iglesia Evangélica Luterana de la República de Chile)
  China (Hong Kong SAR)
  Lutheran Church—Hong Kong Synod (香港路德會)
  China, Republic of (Taiwan)
  China Evangelical Lutheran Church (中華福音道路德會)
  Denmark
  Evangelical Lutheran Free Church of Denmark (Den evangelisk-lutherske Frikirke i Danmark)
  Finland
  Evangelical Lutheran Mission Diocese of Finland (Finnish: Suomen evankelisluterilainen lähetyshiippakunta, Swedish: Evangelisk-lutherska missionsstiftet i Finland)
  France
  Evangelical Lutheran Church-Synod of France (Église Évangélique Luthérienne - Synode de France)
  Germany
  Independent Evangelical—Lutheran Church (Selbständige Evangelisch - Lutherische Kirche)
  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 (Eglise Evangelique Lutherienne D'Haiti)
  India
  India Evangelical Lutheran Church - also a full member of the Lutheran World Federation
  Japan
  Japan Lutheran Church (日本ルーテル教団) - also an associate member of the Lutheran World Federation
  Kenya
  Evangelical Lutheran Church in Kenya - also a full member of the Lutheran World Federation and a member of the Global Confessional and Missional Lutheran Forum
  Korea, South
  Lutheran Church in Korea (기독교한국루터회) - also a full member of the Lutheran World Federation
  Liberia
  Evangelical Lutheran Church of Liberia
  Madagascar
  Malagasy Lutheran Church - also a full member of the Lutheran World Federation
  Mexico
  Lutheran Synod of Mexico (Sinodo Luterano de Mexico)
  Nicaragua
  Lutheran Church Synod of Nicaragua (Iglesia Luterana Sínodo de Nicaragua)
  Nigeria
  Lutheran Church of Nigeria
  Norway
  Lutheran Church in Norway (Den Lutherske Kirke i Norge)
  Evangelical Lutheran Diocese of Norway (Det evangelisk-lutherske stift i Norge)
  Papua New Guinea
  Gutnius Lutheran Church
  Paraguay
  Evangelical Lutheran Church of Paraguay (Iglesia Evangélica Luterana del Paraguay)
  Peru
  Evangelical Lutheran Church - Peru (Iglesia Evangélica Luterana - Perú) - also a member of the Global Confessional and Missional Lutheran Forum Note: this is not the same Lutheran denomination like Iglesia Evangélica Luterana en el Perú, known as Christuskirche, member of the Lutheran World Federation).
  Philippines
  Lutheran Church in the Philippines - also a full member of the Lutheran World Federation
  Portugal
  Portuguese Evangelical Lutheran Church
  Russia
  Evangelical Lutheran Church of Ingria in Russia (Евангелическая-лютеранская Церковь ИНГРИИ) - also a full member of the Lutheran World Federation
  Siberian Evangelical Lutheran Church (Сибирская Евангелическо-Лютеранская Церковь)
  South Africa
  Free Evangelical Lutheran Synod in South Africa
  Lutheran Church in Southern Africa
  Spain
  Spanish Evangelical Lutheran Church (IELE)
  Sri Lanka
  Ceylon Evangelical Lutheran Church, replacement body for the Lanka Lutheran Church - also a full member of the Lutheran World Federation
  Sweden
  The Mission Province (Missionsprovinsen) - also a member of the Global Confessional and Missional Lutheran Forum
  Togo
  Lutheran Church of Togo
  Uganda
  Lutheran Church of Uganda
  United Kingdom
  Evangelical Lutheran Church of England
  United States of America
  Lutheran Church–Missouri Synod
  American Association of Lutheran Churches
  Lutheran Ministerium and Synod – USA
  Uruguay
  Lutheran Church of Uruguay
  Venezuela
  Lutheran Church of Venezuela (Iglesia Luterana de Venezuela)
caption: Light green countries are home to one or more members or associate members of the International Lutheran Council
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