Evangelical Lutheran Church in Canada
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The Evangelical Lutheran Church in Canada (ELCIC) (Eglise Evangelique Lutherienne au Canada) is Canada's largest Lutheran denomination, with 182,077 baptized members in 624 congregations. It is a member of the Lutheran World Federation, the Canadian Council of Churches, and the World Council of Churches.
The Evangelical Lutheran Church in Canada came into being in 1986 through the merger of two predecessor bodies the Evangelical Lutheran Church of Canada (started in 1966 by Canadian congregations of the American Lutheran Church) and three synods of the Lutheran Church in America, called the Canada Section. In 1988 these two US church bodies ceased to exist as they merged into the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America.
The church derive their teachings from the Bible and confess the three ecumenical creeds of the Christian church. The Evangelical Lutheran Church in Canada is in full communion with the Anglican Church of Canada.
The Evangelical Lutheran Church in Canada is composed of five synods.The presiding officer and chief pastor of each synod is a bishop.
- The British Columbia Synod
- The Synod of Alberta and the Territories
- The Saskatchewan Synod
- The Manitoba/Northwestern Ontario Synod
- The Eastern Synod
External link
- ELCIC Website (http://www.elcic.ca/)