The European Lutheran Conference (ELC) is an association of

Confessional Lutheran Confessional Lutheranism is a name used by Lutherans to designate those who believe in the doctrines taught in the ''Book of Concord'' of 1580 (the Lutheran confessional documents) in their entirety. Confessional Lutherans maintain that faithfulne ...

churches in Europe. The full members of the conference are in

altar and pulpit fellowship Altar and pulpit fellowship describes an ecumenical collaboration between two Christian organizations, and is a Lutheran term for full communion, or ''communio in sacris.'' ''Altar'' refers to the altar in Christian churches, which holds the sacram ...

with one another. The members of the ELC are also members of the

International Lutheran Council The International Lutheran Council (ILC) is a worldwide association of confessional Lutheran denominations. Member bodies of the ILC hold "an unconditional commitment to the Holy Scriptures as the inspired and infallible Word of God and to the Lu ...

Member churches

The European Lutheran Conference includes the following Lutheran churches as full members: * Evangelical Lutheran Church in Belgium (ELKB) * Evangelical Lutheran Diocese in Norway (ELDiN) * Evangelical Lutheran Free Church of Denmark (ELFKiDk) *

Evangelical Lutheran Church of England The Evangelical Lutheran Church of England (ELCE) is a confessional Lutheran synod in the United Kingdom. It has congregations in England, Wales and Scotland. The ELCE's oldest congregations date back to 1896, and the ELCE itself was founded ...

(ELCE) * Evangelical Lutheran Church – Synod of France (EEL-SF) *

Independent Evangelical Lutheran Church The Independent Evangelical-Lutheran Church (german: Selbständige Evangelisch-Lutherische Kirche, abbreviated SELK) is a confessional Lutheran church body of Germany. It is a member of the European Lutheran Conference and of the International ...

(SELK) in Germany * Portuguese Evangelical Lutheran Church (IELP) *

Spanish Evangelical Lutheran Church The Spanish Evangelical Lutheran Church ( es, Iglesia Evangélica Luterana Española or ''IELE'') is a Confessional Lutheran church. It is in communion with other confessional Lutheran churches in the European Lutheran Conference (ELC) and globally ...

(IELE)

Organization

The current officers are Chairman Klaus Pahlen of the SELK; Vice-Chairman Leif Jensen of the ELFKiDk; and Secretary Claudio Flor of the ELCE. The 2018 Conference was in

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, England.

References

{{Reflist International bodies of Lutheran denominations International bodies of Lutheran denominations (currently existing)

Member churches

Organization

See also

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