The Evangelical Lutheran Church in Chile (IELCH : Iglesia Evangélica Luterana en Chile) 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

Chile Chile, officially the Republic of Chile, is a country in the western part of South America. It is the southernmost country in the world, and the closest to Antarctica, occupying a long and narrow strip of land between the Andes to the east a ...

. The church has 2,500 members in 13 parishes.LWF Statistics - Chile
The Lutheran World Federation It has been 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 ...

since 1955 and is also a member of the

World Council of Churches The World Council of Churches (WCC) is a worldwide Christian inter-church organization founded in 1948 to work for the cause of ecumenism. Its full members today include the Assyrian Church of the East, the Oriental Orthodox Churches, most juri ...

and the

Latin American Council of Churches The Latin American Council of Churches (Consejo Latinoamericano de Iglesias) is a regional ecumenical body with 139 member churches and organizations in 19 countries, representing some two million Christians. The head office of the organization is ...

. Its president is Bishop Izani Bruch.

References

External links

Iglesia Evangélica Luterana en Chile
official website
Lutheran World Federation listingWorld Council of Churches listing
Lutheran denominations Lutheranism in Chile Lutheran World Federation members {{Lutheranism-stub