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The Lutheran World Federation ('''LWF''') is a global communion of national and regional Lutheran churches headquartered in Geneva , Switzerland . The federation was founded in the Swedish city of Lund in the aftermath of the Second World War in 1947 to coordinate the activities of the many differing Lutheran churches. Since 1984, the member churches are in pulpit and altar fellowship, with common doctrine as the basis of membership and mission activity.

The LWF now has 140 member church bodies in 78 countries representing 66.7 million of the world's 70.2 million Lutherans.1 The State Churches of Iceland , Denmark , Norway , and Finland , and the former state church of Sweden , are among its members. The LWF acts on behalf of its member churches in areas of common interest such as Ecumenical and interfaith relations, Theology , humanitarian assistance, human rights, communication, and the various aspects of mission and development work.

The Department For World Service (DWS) is the LWF's humanitarian agency. It has programs in 37 countries.

On October 31 , 1999 in Augsburg, Germany , the Lutheran World Federation signed the '' Joint Declaration On The Doctrine Of Justification '' with the Roman Catholic Church . The statement is an attempt to narrow the theological divide between the two faiths. The ''Declaration'' also states that the mutual condemnations between 16th Century Lutherans and the Roman Catholic Church no longer apply.

The largest member churches are (with number of members in millions; 2006 statistics):
# Church Of Sweden (6.9)
# Evangelical Lutheran Church In America (4.9)
# Evangelical Lutheran Church Of Finland (4.6)
# Church Of Denmark (4.5)
# Ethiopian Evangelical Church Mekane Yesus (4.5)
# Church Of Norway (3.9)
# Protestant Christian Batak Church , Indonesia (3.8)
# Evangelical Lutheran Church In Tanzania (3.5)
# Protestant Lutheran Church Of Hanover , Germany (3.0)
# Malagasy Lutheran Church (3.0)

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MEMBERS

''Sorted by country in alphabetical order''



: United Evangelical Lutheran Church



: Bangladesh Northern Evangelical Lutheran Church



: German-Speaking Evangelical Lutheran Congregation In Bolivia



: Evangelical Lutheran Church Of Cameroon

: Evangelical Lutheran Church In Canada


: Lutheran Church In Chile

: Evangelical Lutheran Church Of Hong Kong
: Hong Kong And Macau Lutheran Church
: Tsung Tsin Mission Of Hong Kong

: St Matthew's Lutheran Congregation
: St. Martin's Lutheran Congregation


: Lutheran Costarican Church


: Silesian Evangelical Church Of The Augsburg Confession








: Evangelical Lutheran Church Of France
: Malagasy Protestant Church In France



: Evangelical Lutheran Church In Baden
: Evangelical Lutheran Church In Bavaria
: Evangelical Lutheran Church In Brunswick
: Evangelical Lutheran Church Of Hanover
: Evangelical Lutheran Church Of Mecklenburg
: Evangelical Church Of Pomerania
: Evangelical Lutheran Church Of Saxony
: Evangelical Lutheran Church Of Schaumburg-Lippe
: Evangelical Lutheran Church In Oldenburg
: Evangelical Lutheran Church In Thuringia
: Evangelical Church In Württemberg
: Latvian Evangelical Lutheran Church Abroad
: North Elbian Evangelical Lutheran Church






: Arcot Lutheran Church
: Evangelical Lutheran Church In The Himalayan States
: Evangelical Lutheran Church In Madhya Pradesh
: Gossner Evangelical Lutheran Church In Chotanagpur And Assam
: India Evangelical Lutheran Church
: Jeypore Evangelical Lutheran Church
: Northern Evangelical Lutheran Church
: South Andhra Lutheran Church
: Tamil Evangelical Lutheran Church

: Christian Communion Of Indonesia Church In Nias
: Christian Protestant Church In Indonesia
: Christian Protestant Angkola Church
: Indonesian Christian Church
: Indonesian Christian Lutheran Church
: Pakpak Dairi Christian Protestant Church
: Protestant Christian Batak Church
: Protestant Christian Church
: Protestant Christian Church In Mentawai
: Simalungun Protestant Christian Church
: United Protestant Church




: Japan Lutheran Church - associate member
: Kinki Evangelical Lutheran Church



: Kenya Evangelical Lutheran Church








: Evangelical Lutheran Church In Malaysia
: Lutheran Church In Malaysia And Singapore
: Protestant Church In Sabah

: Mexican Lutheran Church



: Evangelical Lutheran Church In Namibia (ELCIN - GELC)
: Evangelical Lutheran Church In The Republic Of Namibia



: Lutheran Church Of Christ In Nigeria

: Evangelical Lutheran Free Church Of Norway

: Peruvian Lutheran Evangelical Church

: Gutnius Lutheran Church



: Evangelical Lutheran Church In Romania

: Evangelical Lutheran Church Of Ingria In Russia








: Evangelical Lutheran Church In Southern Africa (Cape Church)
: Evangelical Lutheran Church In Southern Africa (N-T)
: Moravian Church In South Africa





: Taiwan Lutheran Church




: The Lutheran Council Of Great Britain

: Lithuanian Evangelical Lutheran Church In Diaspora






PRESIDENTS OF LWF

  • 1947 - 1952 Anders Nygren (Sweden)

  • 1952 - 1957 Hanns Lilje (West Germany)

  • 1957 - 1963 Franklin Clark Fry (United States)

  • 1963 - 1970 Fredrik A. Schiotz (United States)

  • 1970 - 1977 Mikko E. Juva (Finland)

  • 1977 - 1984 Josiah M. Kibira (Tanzania)

  • 1984 - 1987 Zoltán Kaldy (Hungary)

  • 1987 - 1990 Johannes Hanselmann (West Germany)

  • 1990 - 1997 Gottfried Brakemeier (Brazil)

  • 1997 - 2003 Christian Krause (Germany)

  • 2003 - present Mark S. Hanson (United States)




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