• The Lutheran World Federation (LWF; German: Lutherischer Weltbund) is a global communion of national and regional Lutheran denominations headquartered...
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  • organization of Lutheran churches around the world are the Lutheran World Federation (LWF), the Global Confessional and Missional Lutheran Forum, the International...
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  • associations. The Lutheran World Federation (LWF) is the largest association of national and regional Lutheran church bodies in the world. Founded in 1947...
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    one-eighth of the world's Lutheran population, but only around 4 million of them are members in the Lutheran World Federation. It has most Lutherans in North America...
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  • ELCA belongs to the World Council of Churches, the National Council of Churches of Christ in the USA, and the Lutheran World Federation. The ELCA is in full...
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  • Committee of the Lutheran World Federation. The Catholic–Lutheran dialogue brought the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America and the Lutheran Church–Missouri...
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  • The Evangelical Lutheran Church in Tanzania (ELCT; Swahili: Kanisa la Kiinjili la Kilutheri Tanzania) is the federation of Lutheran churches in Tanzania...
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  • 1960s. It is to be distinguished from the Lutheran World Federation (LWF) and the Confessional Evangelical Lutheran Conference. The council has 59 participating...
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  • Lutheran World Federation". lutheranworld.org. Archived from the original on 1 July 2016. Retrieved 14 October 2016. "Indonesia – The Lutheran World Federation"...
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  • allegedly problematic for Jewish-Christian relation. In 1982 the Lutheran World Federation issued a consultation stating that "we Christians must purge ourselves...
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  • church of the Lutheran World Federation and of The Lutheran Council of Great Britain, the umbrella organisation for several Lutheran churches in Great Britain...
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  • the World Council of Churches, Christian Conference of Asia, the National Council of Churches in India, the ACT Alliance and Lutheran World Federation. The...
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    Council of Churches in India, United Evangelical Lutheran Church in India, Lutheran World Federation and World Council of Churches. It is led by Moderator...
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    reports having 250,000 members according to the Lutheran World Federation. The Evangelical Lutheran Church of Latvia sees itself as being in a continuous...
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  • Confessional and Missional Lutheran Forum. Churches of the larger Lutheran World Federation subscribe to the Book of Concord as an exposition of faith in...
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    Church of England the constitutions of World Council of Churches (WCC) the constitutions of Lutheran World Federation (LWF) Church of Sweden's official response...
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  • Lutheran viewpoints concerning homosexuality are diverse because there is no one worldwide body which represents all Lutherans. The Lutheran World Federation...
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    is a member of the Lutheran World Federation, the Porvoo Communion, the Communion of Protestant Churches in Europe, and the World Council of Churches...
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  • (VELKD), the Community of Protestant Churches in Europe, and the Lutheran World Federation. The church was based on the teachings brought forward by Martin...
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    lutheranworld.org. Lutheran World Federation. Archived from the original on March 5, 2016. Retrieved February 16, 2016. "No obvious option for Lutheran archbishop...
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    Promoting Christian Unity (PCPCU) and the Lutheran World Federation in 1999 as a result of Catholic–Lutheran dialogue. It states that the churches now...
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    Mark Hanson (category Presiding Bishops of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America)
    President of the Lutheran World Federation. Mark S. Hanson was born in Minneapolis, Minnesota on December 2, 1946. He was raised in a Lutheran family in Minnesota...
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    The Lutheran Church – Missouri Synod (LCMS), also known as the Missouri Synod, is an orthodox, traditional, confessional Lutheran denomination in the...
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  • Declaration on the Doctrine of Justification signed between the Lutheran World Federation and the Catholic Church. After the decline and dissolution of...
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  • Telugu Christians. Andhra Christian Theological College, Hyderabad Lutheran World Federation (LWF), Geneva It is an affiliate member of the National Council...
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  • Pietism (redirect from Lutheran Pietism)
    individual member Lutheran denomination within the Lutheran World Federation. Whereas Pietistic Lutherans stayed within the Lutheran tradition, adherents...
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  • constituted from older churches in 1975, and became a member of the Lutheran World Federation in 1976. The presiding bishop's office is currently held by The...
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  • Ishmael Noko (category 20th-century Lutheran clergy)
    Noko (born 1943) is a southern African Lutheran priest who was the General Secretary of the Lutheran World Federation (LWF) from 1994 to 2010. Born on 29...
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  • Machine The Lutheran World Federation International Lutheran Council: Member Archived 2007-06-17 at the Wayback Machine – Japan Lutheran Church "Room...
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    Ethiopian Evangelical Church Mekane Yesus (category Lutheran World Federation members)
    Yesus Church) is a Lutheran denomination in Ethiopia. It is the largest member church of the Lutheran World Federation. It is a Lutheran denomination with...
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