South Andhra Lutheran Church is a Christian denomination in
India
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. It is
Telugu
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* Telugu language, a major Dravidian language of India
*Telugu people, an ethno-linguistic group of India
* Telugu script, used to write the Telugu language
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-speaking.
It is led by Bishop Rev.E.Vijayabhasker, who elected by an election
It has tens of thousands of members.
It belongs to the
Lutheran World Federation
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.
Several church lands which were given to the leaders by missionaries are being sold after decades. The other churches belonging to the
United Evangelical Lutheran Church in India are:
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Andhra Evangelical Lutheran Church
Andhra Pradesh (, abbr. AP) is a state in the south-eastern coastal region of India. It is the seventh-largest state by area covering an area of and tenth-most populous state with 49,386,799 inhabitants. It is bordered by Telangana to the ...
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Arcot Lutheran Church
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Evangelical Lutheran Church in Madhya Pradesh
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Evangelical Lutheran Church in the Himalayan States Evangelical Lutheran Church in the Himalayan States is a Christian denomination in India. It has about 25,000 members. It belongs to the Lutheran World Federation.
Its president is Godwin Nag.
The other churches belonging to the United Evangelical ...
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Good Samaritan Evangelical Lutheran Church
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Gossner Evangelical Lutheran Church in Chotanagpur and Assam
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Indian Evangelical Lutheran Church
India Evangelical Lutheran Church (IELC) is a Christian denomination in India. Its headquarters is in Tamil Nadu. It belongs to the International Lutheran Council and the Lutheran World Federation. It has four synods named Ambur Synod, Nagercoil ...
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Jeypore Evangelical Lutheran Church
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Northern Evangelical Lutheran Church Northern Evangelical Lutheran Church (NELC) is a multi-lingual Lutheran Christian church that is centred mainly in four states of North India - Jharkhand, Assam, Arunachal Pradesh, and Bengal. The reach of the Church extends into Nepal and the NEL ...
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Tamil Evangelical Lutheran Church
The Tamil Evangelical Lutheran Church is a Christian denomination in south India, which was established in 1919 and has approximately 200,000 members. Its headquarters is in Trichy, Tamil Nadu. It is one of the prominent mainline Lutheran chu ...
See also
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Christianity in Andhra Pradesh
Telugu Christians or Telugu Kraistava are a religious community who form the third-largest religious minority in the Indian states of Andhra Pradesh and Telangana. According to the Census of India, there are over a million Christians in Andhr ...
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Lutheran Churches in Andhra Pradesh
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Sheastley Memorial Girls High School
References
External links
Website of the United Evangelical Lutheran Church in India
{{Lutheran World Federation Churches
Christianity in Andhra Pradesh
Lutheranism in India
Lutheran World Federation members
Affiliated institutions of the National Council of Churches in India