The Chinese Rhenish Church Hong Kong Synod () 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 ...
. 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 1974. It is affiliated with the
Hong Kong Lutheran Federation Ltd Hong may refer to:
Places
*Høng, a town in Denmark
*Hong Kong, a city and a special administrative region in China
*Hong, Nigeria
*Hong River in China and Vietnam
*Lake Hong in China
Surnames
*Hong (Chinese name)
*Hong (Korean name)
Organiz ...
.
See also
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Lutheran Church of China
The Lutheran Church of China (LCC; zh, t=中華信義會, w=Chung1-hua2 Hsin4-i4-hui4, p=Zhōnghuá Xìnyì Huì) was a Lutheran church body in China from 1920 to 1951. It was established as a result of the consultations between the various Luthe ...
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Lutheran denominations
Lutheran organizations
Lutheranism in China
China
China, officially the People's Republic of China (PRC), is a country in East Asia. It is the world's most populous country, with a population exceeding 1.4 billion, slightly ahead of India. China spans the equivalent of five time zones and ...
Lutheran World Federation members
Protestant churches in Hong Kong
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