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Lutheran Churches around the World

• Argentina
  • Iglesia Evangélica Luterana Argentina (IELA) also has an English language page +ILC+ (Evangelical Lutheran Church of Argentina)
  • Iglesia Evangélica Luterana Unida (IELA) *LWF* (United Evangelical Lutheran Church of Argentina)
• Australia
  • Australian Evangelical Lutheran Church (AELC)
  • The Lutheran Church of Australia +ILC+ *LWF*
    • Lutheran Student Fellowship
• Austria
  • Evangelische Kirche in Österreich *LWF* — Includes English page
• Belgium
  • Evangelisch-Lutherse Kerk (Evangelical Lutheran Church of Belgium)
• Brazil
  • Igreja Evangélica Luterana do Brazil (IELB) +ILC+ Evangelical Lutheran Church of Brazil
    • Hope Congregation in Brasilia
    • More Information from the Jagnow Family Page
  • Igreja Evangélica de Confissão Luterana no Brasil (IECLB)
• Canada
  • Canadian Association of Lutheran Congregations (CALC)
  • Consistory of the Estonian Lutheran Church (EELK) Abroad
  • Evangelical Lutheran Church in Canada (ELCIC) *LWF* (Église Evangélique Luthérienne au Canada)
  • The Lutheran Church - Canada (LC-C) +ILC+ (Église Luthérienne du Canada)
    • Districts of the LC-C
      
      
      Alberta-British Columbia Central East
• China (Hong Kong)
  • Chinese Rhenish Church, Hong Kong Synod *LWF*
  • Evangelical Lutheran Church of Hong Kong *LWF*
  • The Lutheran Church---Hong Kong Synod +ILC+
• Czech Republic
  • Czech Evangelical Lutheran Church ~CELC~ A mission of Thoughts of Faith, Inc., an orthodox Lutheran mission society
  • Slezské církve evangelické a.v. (SCEAV) *LWF* (The Silesian Evangelical Church of the Augsburg Confession)
• Denmark
  • Den evangelisk-lutherske Frikirke +ILC+ (The Evangelical-Lutheran Free Church)
  • Folkekirken *LWF* (Evangelical Lutheran Church in Denmark)
• England
  • Evangelical Lutheran Church of England (ELCE) +ILC+
  • Evangelische Synode Deutscher Sprache in Grossbritannien (German-Speaking Evangelical-Lutheran Synod in Great Britain)
  • Lutheran Council of Great Britain *LWF* (Not a church body, but a coordinating organization)
• Estonia
  • Eesti Evangeelne Luterlik Kirik (EELK) *LWF* (Estonian Evangelical Lutheran Church); includes English page
• Ethiopia
  • The Ethiopian Evangelical Church Mekane Yesus *LWF*
• Finland
  • Suomen Evankelis-Luterilainen Kirkko *LWF* (The Evangelical Lutheran Church of Finland) - Also in English and Swedish
  • Suomen Tunnustuksellinen Luterilainen Kirkko (STLK) +ILC+ (The Confessional Lutheran Church of Finland)
• Germany
  • Evangelische Kirche in Deutschland (EKD) - *LWF* (Evangelical Church of Germany) The German "state" or "union" church; a result of Reformed and Lutheran bodies being joined; no longer truly "Lutheran"; composed of various regional churches.
    • Regional (Land) Churches of the EKD
      
      
      Ev. Landeskirche Anhalts Ev. Landeskirche in Baden Evangelisch-Luth. Kirche in Bayern Ev.-reformierte Kirche (Bayern und Nordwestdeutschland) Ev. Kirche in Berlin-Brandenburg Ev.-Luth. Landeskirche in Braunschweig Bremische Ev. Kirche Ev.-Luth. Landeskirche Hannovers Ev. Kirche in Hessen und Nassau Ev. Kirche von Kurhessen-Waldeck Lippische Landeskirche Ev.-Luth. Landeskirche Mecklenburgs Nordelbische Ev.-Luth. Kirche Ev.-Luth. Kirche in Oldenburg Ev. Kirche der Pfalz (Palatinate) Pommersche Ev. Kirche Evangelische Kirche im Rheinland Ev. Kirche Der Kirchenprovinz Sachsen Ev.-Luth. Landeskirche Sachsens Ev.-Luth. Kirchengemeinde Sachsenhagen Ev.-Luth. Landeskirche Schaumburg-Lippe Ev. Kirche der schlesischen Oberlausitz Ev.-Luth. Kirche in Thüringen Evangelischen Kirche von Westfalen Ev. Landeskirche in Württemberg
  • Evangelisch-Lutherische Freikirche (ELFK) ~CELC~ (Evangelical Lutheran Free Church)
  • Selbständige Evangelisch-Lutherische Kirche (SELK) +ILC+ (Self-standing Evangelical-Lutheran Church)
• Haiti
  • The Evangelical Lutheran Church of Haiti (L'Eglise Evangelique Lutherienne D'Haiti)
• Hungary
  • Magyarországi Evangélikus Egyház *LWF* (Magyar Evangelical Church)
• Iceland
  • Þjóðkirkjan *LWF* (Evangelical Lutheran Church of Iceland)
• India
  • United Evangelical Lutheran Church in India *LWF*
• Italy
  • Chiesa Evangelica Luterana in Italia *LWF*
• Japan
  • Japan Evangelical Lutheran Church (JELC) *LWF*
    • English Language Pages
  • Japan Lutheran Church +ILC+
    • English Language Page
  • Lutheran Evangelical Christian Church of Japan ~CELC~
• Korea
  • Lutheran Church in Korea +ILC+
• Latvia
  • Latvijas Evangeliski Luteriska Baznica *LWF* (Evangelical Lutheran Church of Latvia)
• Malaysia
  • Lutheran Church in Malaysia and Singapore (LCMS) *LWF*
• Mexico
  • Sinodo Luterana de Mexico +ILC+
• Middle East (Jordan, Israel, Palestine)
  • Evangelical Lutheran Church in Jordan and the Holy Land (ELCJ) *LWF* (Arabic-speaking; congregations in Israel and Jordan)
• Namibia
  • Evangelisch-Lutherische Kirche in Namibia (DELK) (Evangelical Lutheran Church in Namibia)
• Netherlands
  • Protestantse Kerk in Nederland *LWF* (United Protestant Churches; includes Evangelical Lutheran Church in the Kingdom of the Netherlands, which appears to be Lutheran in name only)
    • English-language page
• New Guinea
  • Gutnius Lutheran Church +ILC+
• New Zealand
  • Lutheran Church of New Zealand (LCNZ) *LWF* +ILC+
• Norway
  • Den Evangelisk Lutherske Frikirke *LWF* (The Evangelical Lutheran Free Church of Norway)
  • Den Norske Kirke *LWF* (Church of Norway)
• Philippines
  • Lutheran Church in the Philippines +ILC+
• Poland
  • Kosciol Ewangelicko-Augsburski (Luteranski) w Polsce *LWF*
• Russia
  • District of the Yekaterinburg Evangelical-Lutheran Consistory
  • Evangelical Lutheran Church of Ingria
  • Evangelical-Lutheran Church of Russia, Ukraine, Kazakhstan, and Central Asia *LWF*
• Singapore
  • Lutheran Church in Singapore *LWF*
• Slovakia
  • Evanjelická cirkev a.v. na Slovensku *LWF* (Evangelical Church of the Augsburg Confession of Slovakia)
• Slovenia
  • Evangelicanska cerkev Augsburške veroizpovedi na Slovenskem *LWF* (Evangelical Church of the Augsburg Confession of Slovenia)
• South Africa
  • Evangelical Lutheran Church in Southern Africa (ELCSA) *LWF*
  • Evangelical Lutheran Church in Southern Africa (Natal-Transvaal) *LWF*
  • Free Evangelical Lutheran Synod in South Africa (FELSISA) +ILC+
  • The United Evangelical Lutheran Church in Southern Africa (UELCSA)
• Sri Lanka
  • Lanka Lutheran Church +ILC+ *LWF*
• Sweden
  • Lutherska Bekännelsekyrkan (Confessional Lutheran Church) ~CELC~
  • Svenska kyrkan *LWF* (Church of Sweden)
• Tanzania
  • Evangelical Lutheran Church in Tanzania *LWF*
• Ukraine
  • Evangelical Lutheran Church of the Ukraine ~CELC~
• Venezuela
  • Iglesia Evangálica Luterana en Venezuela *LWF*
  • La Iglesia Luterana en Venezuela (ILV) +ILC+

• The Concordia Catechetical Academy is sponsored by Peace Lutheran Church, Sussex, Wisconsin. Includes curriculum and methodology
• Concordia Lutheran Seminary, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
• Concordia Seminary, St. Louis, Missouri
• Concordia Theological Seminary, Fort Wayne, Indiana
• Concordia University Wisconsin - My first choice when someone asks, "Where . . . ?"
• Lutheran Education Association
• Luther Seminary, Australia
• Lutheran Student Fellowship of Australia
  • TableTalk forum for discussion and comment
• Martin Loopers discusses Lutheran homeschooling
• St. John's College, formerly of Winfield, Kansas
• Saint Paul Lutheran High School of Concordia, Missouri
• Saint Sophia Ukrainian Lutheran Theological Seminary - Maintained by the rector, Pastor David Jay Webber.

+Great Christian Allegory+

• Northwestern Publishing House of WELS
• Project Wittenberg (Lutheran History and Source Documents)
• Reformation Today is an independent, confessional magazine from within the LCMS. Online reading and news and editorial mailing list.
• Semper Reformanda: A Journal for Lutheran Reformation
• What Do Lutherans Believe? Buy the book from Amazon.com and find out!
• Dr. Gene Edward Veith is Professor of English at Concordia University Wisconsin and author of a number of books on Christianity, Lutheranism, English, and modern culture. Here are a few recommendations which you might consider ordering through Amazon.com:
  • God at Work: The Spirituality of Ordinary Life - + Highly Recommended! +
  • Christians in a .Com World: Getting Connected Without Being Consumed
  • Modern Fascism: Liquidating the Judeo-Christian Worldview - From the Concordia Scholarship Today series, this book explores the history of facism and diagnoses it in parts of our culture that many of us tend not to see.
  • Postmodern Times: A Christian Guide to Contemporary Thought and Culture, from the Turning Point Christian Worldview series
  • Reading Between the Lines: A Christian Guide to Literature (also available in audio cassette!)
  • The Spirituality of the Cross: The Way of the First Evangelicals + Highly Recommended +
  • State of the Arts: From Bezalel to Mapplethorpe, from the Turning Point Christian Worldview series
  • Why God's Word Is All We Need (Today's Issues, Wheaton, IL)

• Confess and Teach for Unity (CAT41) offers an entire suite of Confessional discussion groups, "push" lists, and archives, including
  • general theological talk,
  • weekly sermons,
  • liturgics,
  • home schooling,
  • and youth,
  • plus Good News for hobbits, elves, and orcs;
  • and my Ask the Pastor columns;
  • check back, more is being added regularly
• ELCA-L is an unofficial email list discussing all parts of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America
• Higher Things works to continue the theological formation of post-confirmation youth, especially in the LCMS. Click to subscribe to any of the following lists:
  • Higher Things announcements
  • Mouth House discussion for teenagers
  • Didache is a forum for any and all religious or theological questions
  • Lutheran Student Union provides a forum for LCMS college students around the country
• "Let Us Pray" is a broadcast list which sends out weekly prayers from the LCMS Commission on Worship to be used in our congregations
• LTHRN-L Discussion List offers pan-Lutheran discussion and debate on a variety of topics
• Project Wittenberg offers a moderated discussion of Lutheran history
• The Sturm mailing list serves pastors, teachers, parents, and boards of education who are interested in a Trivium approach to Lutheran education

• Aardvark Alley
• All the Fulness
• Amor et Labor
• Anxious Contentment
• Ask the Pastor
• Balaam’s Ass
• Be Strong in the Grace
• Beckfest
• A Beggar at the Table
• Beggar’s Corner
• Beggars All
• Steven S. Billings
• Blog from Mossback Meadow
• Blog My Soul
• Bloghardt’s Reflector
• Blood and Water
• Brian Braatz: Nonpariel
• Burr in the Burgh
• Cantor’s Padded Balcony
• Chaplain Dave’s Newsletter
• Cleveland Confessional Lutheran
• Confessing Evangelical
• The Confessional Cowboy
• Confessions of a Young Lutheran
• Cranach
• Cross Theology
• Cross+Wise Blog
• The Crowned Ones
• Rev. Cwirla’s Blogosphere
• Cyberbrethren
• CyberStones
• David Creates with Legos; God with Logos
• Dawning Realm
• Daylight: Old Solar Magazine
• Bunnie Diehl
• Drowning Myself Whenever I Can
• Ericka’s Vida Loca!
• Evangelical Lutheran
• fidesolario
• First British Lutheran Blog Ever
• First Person Life
• Full Throttle & an Empty Gas Tank
• God Is the Pilot
• The Grateful Christian
• Green Underground
• Here We Stand
• Horn+Swoggled
• Hot Lutheran on Lutheran Action
• Hot Under the Collar
• incarnatus est
• Indiana Jane’s Journal
• Intolerant Elle
• The Joshua Victor Theory
• Jottings and Such
• Journalistic Jargon
• Just Words by Worthywoman
• Katie’s Beer
• Kelly's Blog
• Pastor Kozak
• Pastor Brent Kuhlman
• Law & Gospel
• Little Loci
• Living Among Mysteries
• Living Stones
• Long Thoughts of a Confessional Lutheran
• Love & Blunder
• Luther Kvetch
• Lutheran Carnival of Blogs
• Lutheran Jargon
• The Lutheran Logomaniac
• Lutherans & Contraception
• Madre’s Missives
• Masks of God
• The Moose Report
• Musical Ramblings
• Necessary Roughness
• Uwe Siemon-Netto
• Old School Confessional
• On the Lutheran Church and Her Liturgy
• Our Little House on the Prairie
• Out Standing in a Field
• Outer Rim Territories
• Pastor Disaster & the Backsliders
• Poor Michael’s Almanac
• Preach. Teach. Confess.
• Preachrblog
• Prophet2b
• Purpose Driven Drinking
• Putting Out the Fire
• Quicunque vult
• Random Thoughts of a Confessional Lutheran
• Rants from a Disgruntled Lutheran in Middle-America
• The Rebellious Pastor’s Wife
• Revvin’ Rev
• Ruach
• St. James the Hoosier
• Sarah’s Children
• Das Schreiben von Schreiber
• Scottius Maximus
• Sethanized Propaganda
• Seward Snow Dog
• Shepherd’s Ponderings
• The Small Catechlysm
• Spirit and Life
• The Spirit Is Willing
• Tail Feathers and All
• The Terrible Swede
• Territorial Bloggings
• TheologyGeekBlog
• Theomony
• Theophilus’ Inferno
• Three Hierarchies
• Uneasy Priest
• Urukite: Operation Iraqi Freedom
• watersblogged!
• Weedon’s Blog
• What You Do, Do Quickly
• Wretched of the Earth
• Writ in Water
• Yada Yada Yada
• David Yow
• More at Lutheran Blog Directory

• Anointing the Sick: Origins
• Anointing the Sick: The Rite
• Articles and Essasys from Pastor Terjesen and Our Redeemer Lutheran Church, Peekskill, NY
• "Ask the Pastor" - religious questions answered in the newspaper and on the Net
• J. S. Bach was our greatest Lutheran composer
  • He was also an outstanding Lutheran theologian!
  • Build your collection of The Essential J. S. Bach or browse the entire Bach Store at Amazon.com
  • You can also order Bach Books
  • Bach lives! Visit his past with this site's grand tour
• Bioethics at Concordia University Wisconsin
• CAT 41 is the place for Confessional Lutherans--just watch out for the Firestorm!
  • CAT41 Specials: Papers and Graphics
• Concord, Texas works for real Lutheran theology in the Lone Star State
• Concordia Historical Institute keeps track of where we've been
• Confessional Lutheranism - A personal approach
• ConfessionalLutherans.org includes a good comparison of theological differences between ELCA and LCMS on communion theology.
• The Cranach Family of Artists
  • Lucas the Elder and his art
  • Lucas the Younger and his art
• The Cranach Institute - Devoted to working out the implications of the doctrine of vocation and engaging contemporary culture with the truths of the Lutheran confession
• Denominational Issues - a Lutheran perspective
• Doctrinal Issues discussed
• eBible Commentary - a fantastic, interactive site that's "dedicated to Christian learning!"
• Essays on Lutheranism are included on Our Redeemer's home page
• Evangelical-Lutheran Liturgical Congregations are listed with service times, communion frequency, hymnal(s) used, and contact information
• EZDOZEN lists its top-twelve Lutheran sites
• Famous Lutherans are listed and categorized by Faith Lutheran Church, Groton, Connecticut
• Halverson - As in Chris Halverson, a Lutheran, student, writer, & political junkie; I might not always agree, but I enjoy some of his observations
• Higher Things: Dare to Be Lutheran - A site dedicated to raising up solidly Confessional Lutheran youth (see email lists above)
• Hymns: Ten thousand Volkslieder (folksongs), hymns, and more.
• Inspirmedia provides multimedia products and services to the Lutheran Church
• The International Lutheran Laymen's League sponsors the International Lutheran Hour Ministries
• Issues, Etc. discusses the tough questions on KFUO Radio in St. Louis
• Jesus, Mary, and Martin: The Mother of God and the Lutheran Church.
• Lectionary at Lunch internet broadcast from Concordia Seminary, St. Louis helps with preaching the next Sunday's pericope.
• Lex Orandi Liturgical Resources
• Liturgy Solutions — "Fresh liturgical music with integrity for the 21st Century parish"
• Luther Academy is dedicated to the "promotion and preservation of genuine Lutheran theology and research" through "publications and conferences."
• Luther Digest - An annual abridgment of transcontinental Luther studies
• Martin Luther
• Luther: A Chronology
• Martin Luther - A concordance of his works (you'll need some German)
• Martin Luther - A German page
• Luther in Braunschweig
• Luther Index Verborum: Luther, auf Deutsch from Boston College
• Lutheran Bible Translators
• Lutheran Bibliography provides annotated primary sources and related materials for Martin Luther and Lutheranism
• Lutheran Braille Workers will provide the message of salvation to the blind and visually impaired around the world with braille and large print texts
• Lutheran Central is a clearing house of links to all things Lutheran
• LCMS Graphics and Web Resources
  • Luther Rose (Luther Seal)
  • Logos for your LCMS page
  • WWW Resource Page
• Lutheran Conversations provides quality recordings of confessional presentations.
• Lutheran Goodies complied by Pastor Nebhut on his congregation's web page
• Lutheran Heritage Foundation is a worldwide organization dedicated to spreading the Gospel of Jesus Christ through the translation, publishing and distribution of confessional Lutheran books and materials
• Lutheran Hour Ministries are "Wired with the Word"
• The Lutheran Hymnal (TLH) MIDI Project
  • TLH Public Domain Hymns
• Lutheran Liturgical Prayer Brotherhood includes the Brotherhood Prayer Book, an outstanding devotional aid and breviary.
• Lutheran Liturgics
• The Lutheran Liturgy — Its Biblical Roots
• A Lutheran QuickFAQ (History from LC-MS POV)
• LutheranTheology.com
• The Lutheran Women's Missionary League (LWML) is the official women's organization of The Lutheran Church—Missouri Synod
• Lutheranism from John Hoh has original essays of confessional substance with links and commentary on various religious matters + worth a good look +
• Lutheranism Compared to Other Churches
• Lutheranism is indexed and organized by the Open Directory Project.
• Lutherans.net offers even more lists and links
• Here's a Melanchthon site in Germany; it has an English language mirror
• Miscellaneous Lutheran links from Mark DeGarmeaux of the ELS
• Old Lutheran offers humor, t-shirts, coffee mugs, and other Lutheran goodies
• Politics in the Missouri Synod includes a number of people who disagree with straightforward Confessional Theology, a high view of the Holy Liturgy or of the Office of the Holy Ministry. They might accuse each other of being "too liberal" or "too conservative," but the main problem is usually not "too much" something, but "not enough"--Lutheran, that is. Among them are
  • Luther Quest
  • JesusFirst
  • DayStar
• Radio Free Lutheran — "Liberating the ELCA from Far Left Theology & Politics"
• Protestant Reformation
• Reformation
• Reformation Era Pictures
• St. Thomas Net Ministry helps doubters wrestle with the truth. Read this page with discernment--you'll find much good, but ask your questions carefully and check the answers you get.
• Scholia is the brain-child of Pastor Michael McCoy. He uses a literate and literary approach to teaching theology. See the listing below or go to his site to order his books.
• The Society of the Holy Trinity is a semi-monastic, pan-Lutheran association.
• Sound Witness includes apologetics with special resources about Jehovah's witnesses.
• Sven and Ole are icons of Lutheran culture and humor
• TableTalk - Articles, devotions, and a forum provided by the Lutheran Student and Friends of Australia
• Tentatio Online
• Texas Confessional Lutherans
• Thrivent Financial for Lutherans provides insurance, investments, and other financial service
• Uncle Marty Online
• "What About ..." a quick look at various religious topics on the LCMS President's page?
• Wittenberg, Germany - Where it all began!
• Word Alone Network