The Evangelical Lutheran Church of Hong Kong (; Abbreviated as ELCHK) is a
Lutheran
Lutheranism is one of the largest branches of Protestantism, identifying primarily with the theology of Martin Luther, the 16th-century German monk and reformer whose efforts to reform the theology and practice of the Catholic Church launched th ...
denomination in
Hong Kong
Hong Kong ( (US) or (UK); , ), officially the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of the People's Republic of China ( abbr. Hong Kong SAR or HKSAR), is a city and special administrative region of China on the eastern Pearl River Delt ...
.
History
On 27 February 1954, its establishing ceremony was held at
Tao Fong Shan Tao Fong Shan (), officially known as To Fung Shan, is a hill with a height of . It is in Sha Tin, New Territories, Hong Kong. A road called To Fung Shan Road leads to the summit, where a Christian Centre can be found.
Place of Religious Worship
...
,
Sha Tin with representatives from all Lutheran congregations in Hong Kong joined in.
Originally established with the Chinese Lutheran Church in the 1920s,
[the Lutheran Theological Seminary]
and the Lutheran Publishing House became part of the ELCHK.
It is a member of the Lutheran World Federation
The Lutheran World Federation (LWF; german: Lutherischer Weltbund) is a global communion of national and regional Lutheran denominations headquartered in the Ecumenical Centre in Geneva, Switzerland. The federation was founded in the Swedish ...
, which it joined in 1957. It is also a member of the Hong Kong Christian Council
The Hong Kong Christian Council (Also known as HKCC; ) is a Protestant Christian ecumenical organization founded in Hong Kong in 1954. It is a member of the World Council of Churches and the Christian Conference of Asia. The current general secret ...
.
See also
* ELCHK Lutheran Secondary School
ELCHK Lutheran Secondary School (ELCHKLSS) () is a secondary school in King's Park, Yau Tsim Mong District, Hong Kong near Yau Ma Tei station.
History
ELCHK Lutheran Secondary School was founded in 1958 and moved to the current site at No. 52, ...
References
External links
Official websiteLutheran World Federation listing
Lutheran denominations
Lutheran World Federation members
Evangelical denominations in Asia
Protestant churches in Hong Kong
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