United Evangelical Lutheran Churches in India

United Evangelical Lutheran Church in India ( UELCI, German United Evangelical Lutheran Church in India ) is a large Lutheran church in India.

It has millions of members. Many of its members are Dalit or Adivasi. It belongs to the World Council of Churches, the Christian Conference of Asia, the National Council of Churches in India and the Lutheran World Federation. After the tsunami of 2004, the United Evangelical Lutheran Church has (AWD) worked the Lutheran World Federation in the immediate relief effort in India with the Indian National Programme of the Department for World Service.

Member churches

  • Andhra Evangelical Lutheran Church
  • Arcot Lutheran Church
  • Evangelical Lutheran Church in Madhya Pradesh
  • Evangelical Lutheran Church in the Himalayan States
  • Good Shepherd Evangelical Lutheran Church
  • Gossner Evangelical Lutheran Church in Chotanagpur and Assam
  • Indian Evangelical Lutheran Church
  • Jeypore Evangelical Lutheran Church
  • Northern Evangelical Lutheran Church
  • South Andhra Lutheran Church
  • Tamil Evangelical Lutheran Church
  • Nepal Northern Evangelical Lutheran Church
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