International Lutheran Council

Worldwide association

International Lutheran Council

Type| Association
Classification| Protestant
Orientation| Lutheran
Theology| Confessional
Chairman| Juhana Pohjola
Secretary| Gijsbertus van Hattem
General Secretary| Rev. Dr. Klaus Detlev Schulz
Treasurer| Gerry Wiley
Origin| 1993
Members| 7.15 million
Official website| ilcouncil.org
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Lutheranism

Background

* Christianity
* Start of the Reformation
* Reformation
* Protestantism

Doctrine and theology

|  Bible

* Old Testament
* New Testament

Creeds

* Apostles' Creed
* Nicene Creed
* Athanasian Creed

Book of Concord

* Augsburg Confession

* Apology of the Augsburg Confession

* Luther's Small / Large Catechism

* Smalcald Articles

* Treatise on the Power and Primacy of the Pope

* Formula of Concord

Distinctive theological concepts

* Theology of Martin Luther

* Justification
* Law and Gospel

* Sola gratia
* Sola scriptura

* Christology
* Sanctification

* Two kingdoms
* catholicity

* Two states of the Church

* Priesthood of all believers

* Divine Providence
* Marian theology

* Theology of the Cross

* Sacramental Union

Other relevant topics

* Homosexuality

* Sacraments and worship

* Baptism
* Eucharist
* Confession
* Confirmation
* Matrimony
* Anointing of the Sick
* Holy Orders
* Divine Service
* Matins
* Vespers
* Liturgical calendar
* Calendar of saints
* Lutheran hymn
* Lutheran hymnwriters
* Normative principle
* Lutheran art

Organization

* Confessional Evangelical
Lutheran Conference

* Global Confessional &
Missional Lutheran Forum

* International Lutheran Council
* Lutheran World Federation
* Denominations
* Lutheranism by region

Movements

* History of Lutheranism
* Crypto-Lutherans
* Gnesio-Lutherans
* Lutheran orthodoxy
* Pietists
* Radical Pietism
* Haugeans
* Laestadians
* Finnish Awakening
* Old Lutherans
* Neo-Lutherans
* High church Lutherans
* Confessional Lutheranism

Key figures

Missionaries

* John Campanius
* Bartholomäus Ziegenbalg
* Hans Egede
* Johann Heinrich Callenberg
* Johann Phillip Fabricius
* Paul Henkel
* John Christian Frederick Heyer
* Karl Graul
* Martti Rautanen
* Wilhelm Sihler
* F. C. D. Wyneken
* Hans Paludan Smith Schreuder
* Lars Olsen Skrefsrud
* Ludwig Ingwer Nommensen
* Onesimos Nesib
* Paul Olaf Bodding
* Johann Flierl
* Christian Keyser
* Jens Christensen

Bible Translators

* Martin Luther
* Casiodoro de Reina
* Kjell Magne Yri
* Onesimos Nesib
* Aster Ganno
* Kristian Osvald Viderø
* Jákup Dahl
* Bartholomäus Ziegenbalg

* Johann Phillip Fabricius

* William Tyndale
* John Rogers
* George Constantine
* Jozef Roháček
* Johannes Avetaranian
* Guðbrandur Þorláksson
* Ludvig Olsen Fossum
* Hans Egede / Paul Egede
* Otto Fabricius
* Nils Vibe Stockfleth
* Olaus Petri / Laurentius Petri
* Martti Rautanen
* Primož Trubar
* Jurij Dalmatin
* Ludwig Ingwer Nommensen
* Sebastian Krelj
* Mikael Agricola

* Norwegian Bible Society
* Swedish Bible Society
* Samuel Ludwik Zasadius
* Stanislovas Rapolionis

* Laurentius Andreae
* Hans Tausen
* Olaf M. Norlie
* Jonas Bretkūnas
* Hans Paludan Smith Schreuder
* Antonio Brucioli
* Mikołaj Jakubica
* Matthias Bel
* Johann Ernst Glück
* William F. Beck

Theologians

* Martin Luther / Katharina von Bora
* Philip Melanchthon
* Johannes Bugenhagen
* Johannes Brenz
* Justus Jonas
* Hans Tausen
* Laurentius Petri
* Olaus Petri
* Mikael Agricola
* Matthias Flacius
* Martin Chemnitz
* Johann Gerhard
* Abraham Calovius
* Johannes Andreas Quenstedt
* Johann Wilhelm Baier
* Philipp Spener
* David Hollaz
* August Hermann Francke
* Henry Muhlenberg
* Lars Levi Laestadius
* Charles Porterfield Krauth
* C. F. W. Walther
* Søren Kierkegaard
* Albrecht Ritschl
* Wilhelm Herrmann
* F. W. Stellhorn
* Rudolf Otto
* Ernst Troeltsch
* Rudolf Bultmann
* Paul Tillich
* Hermann Sasse
* Dietrich Bonhoeffer
* Wolfhart Pannenberg
* Robert Jenson

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The International Lutheran Council (ILC) is a worldwide association of confessional Lutheran denominations. Member bodies of the ILC hold "an unconditional commitment to the Holy Scriptures as the inspired and infallible Word of God and to the Lutheran Confessions contained in the Book of Concord as the true and faithful exposition of the Word of God." The member church bodies are not required to be in church-fellowship with one another, though many of them are.

The organization was constituted in 1993 at a council held in Antigua, Guatemala, although it traces its roots back to theological conferences held in various locations during the 1950s and 1960s. It is to be distinguished from the Lutheran World Federation (LWF) and the Confessional Evangelical Lutheran Conference.

The council has 59 participating churches as of 2022.[1] Among its larger members are the Malagasy Lutheran Church, the Lutheran Church–Missouri Synod (LCMS), the Evangelical Lutheran Church of Brazil, and the Lutheran Church – Canada. Altogether, approximately 7,150,000 adherents belong to ILC member churches.[2]

The council's chairman is Bishop Juhana Pohjola of the Evangelical Lutheran Mission Diocese of Finland.[3] The executive secretary is Albert B. Collver III of the LCMS. Delegates to the ILC meet every two years.

The organization has not accepted the Joint Declaration on the Doctrine of Justification, an agreement reached by the Catholic Church's Pontifical Council for Promoting Christian Unity (PCPCU) and the Lutheran World Federation, in 1999. However, the ILC has been involved in dialogue with the PCPCU, with a final report released on 30 November 2021.[4][5]

## History

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The origins of the ILC go back to a meeting at Uelzen, Germany, in July 1952 by Lutherans who were not happy with the theological course being taken by the Lutheran World Federation. Among the participants were delegates from the Lutheran Church–Missouri Synod who had been observers at the LWF assembly in Hannover. Other delegates were present from churches affiliated with the LCMS from Germany, Australia, Denmark, and the United Kingdom. Two further meetings were held, in Oakland, California, in 1958 and in Cambridge, England, in August 1963. At the latter meeting it was decided to create a permanent organization, a "Continuation Committee", to act for the group in between meetings, which were now dubbed International Lutheran Theological Conferences. The committee was also tasked with publishing a theological journal and a committee bulletin, and with facilitating exchanges of pastors, theological professors, and students. However, the meeting explicitly disclaimed it was founding a group in opposition to the LWF.[6]

Five more "theological conferences" were held until the name was shortened to International Lutheran Conference at the Eighth Conference in Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil. Resolutions passed during this period described the ILC as a partnership, forum, or "group of independent Lutheran churches".[7] At the Fifteenth Conference in Antigua, Guatemala, the group decided on creating a more formal structure as an association of churches and adopted a set of Guiding Principles that would serve as a constitution and theological point of reference. The "Continuation Committee" was replaced by an "Executive Council".[8][9]

At the 2018 World Conference meeting, held in Antwerp, Belgium, on 25–26 September 2018, the ILC voted to admit 17 new church bodies, 11 as full members and 6 as associate members. This increased the church members of ILC to 54 and their faithful to 7.15 million members.[2]

At the 2022 World Conference meeting, the Evangelical Lutheran Church of Latvia was accepted as a full member.[10] It had already been accepted as an observer member in February 2022.[11]

## Chairmen

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* 1995–1998: Leopoldo Heimann, Evangelical Lutheran Church of Brazil[12]
* 1998–2007: Ralph Mayan, Lutheran Church–Canada
* 2007–2010: Gerald B. Kieschnick, Lutheran Church–Missouri Synod
* 2010-2022: Hans-Jörg Voigt, Independent Evangelical-Lutheran Church, first as interim chairman, and since September 20, 2012, as regular chairman
* 2022–present: Juhana Pohjola, Evangelical Lutheran Mission Diocese of Finland

## World Conferences

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The World Conference of the International Lutheran Council is an official meeting ordinarily held every three years. They are hosted by a church body whose invitation is accepted in the previous conference.

* Seoul (South Korea) 2009 (23rd World Conference)

At the 23rd conference, the association unanimously adopted the statement "Same-Gender Relationships and the Church", which defined the practice of homosexuality as a sin.[13]

* Toronto (Canada) 2012 (24th World Conference)
* Buenos Aires (Argentina) 2015 (25th World Conference)
* Antwerp (Belgium) 2018 (26th World Conference)

At the 26th conference, the association welcomed seventeen new church bodies into membership (eleven were received as full members and six as observer members) representing approximately 4.15 million Lutherans across the globe. Their addition more than doubles the number of Lutherans worldwide associated with the ILC, bringing the total to approximately 7.15 million members and bringing the total number of church bodies holding membership in the International Lutheran Council to 54.[14]

* Kisumu (Kenya) 2022 (27th World Conference)

## Members

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By country in alphabetical order

### Full members

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Light green countries are home to one or more members or associate members of the International Lutheran Council

* Argentina

Evangelical Lutheran Church of Argentina (Iglesia Evangélica Luterana Argentina)[15]

* Belgium

Evangelical Lutheran Church in Belgium (Evangelisch-Lutherse Kerk in België)[16]

* Benin

Lutheran Church in Africa—Benin Synod[17][2]

* Bolivia

Christian Evangelical Lutheran Church of Bolivia (Iglesia Cristiana Evangélica Luterana de Bolivia) \- also a member of the Global Confessional and Missional Lutheran Forum

* Brazil

Evangelical Lutheran Church of Brazil (Igreja Evangélica Luterana do Brasil)[18]

* Canada

Lutheran Church – Canada

* Chile

Evangelical Lutheran Church of the Republic of Chile (Iglesia Evangélica Luterana de la República de Chile)

* China (Hong Kong SAR)

Lutheran Church-Hong Kong Synod (香港路德會)

* China, Republic of (Taiwan)

China Evangelical Lutheran Church (中華福音道路德會)

* Ethiopia

Ethiopian Evangelical Lutheran Church[19]

* Denmark

Evangelical Lutheran Free Church of Denmark (Den evangelisk-lutherske Frikirke i Danmark)[20]

* Finland

Evangelical Lutheran Mission Diocese of Finland (Finnish: Suomen evankelisluterilainen lähetyshiippakunta, Swedish: Evangelisk-lutherska missionsstiftet i Finland)[21][22][2]

* France

Evangelical Lutheran Church-Synod of France (Église Évangélique Luthérienne - Synode de France)[23]

* Germany

Independent Evangelical—Lutheran Church (Selbständige Evangelisch - Lutherische Kirche)[24]

* Ghana

Evangelical Lutheran Church of Ghana[25] \- also a full member of the Lutheran World Federation

* Guatemala

Lutheran Church of Guatemala (Consejo Luterano Iglesia Luterana en Guatemala)

* Haiti

Evangelical Lutheran Church of Haiti (Eglise Evangelique Lutherienne D'Haiti)

* India

India Evangelical Lutheran Church \- also a full member of the Lutheran World Federation

* Japan

Japan Lutheran Church (日本ルーテル教団) \- also an associate member of the Lutheran World Federation

* Kenya

Evangelical Lutheran Church in Kenya[26] \- also a full member of the Lutheran World Federation and a member of the Global Confessional and Missional Lutheran Forum

* Korea, South

Lutheran Church in Korea (기독교한국루터회)[27] \- also a full member of the Lutheran World Federation

* Latvia

Evangelical Lutheran Church of Latvia[28] \- also a full member of the Lutheran World Federation

* Liberia

Evangelical Lutheran Church of Liberia[2]

* Madagascar

Malagasy Lutheran Church[29][2] \- also a full member of the Lutheran World Federation

* Mexico

Lutheran Synod of Mexico (Sinodo Luterano de Mexico)

* Nicaragua

Lutheran Church Synod of Nicaragua (Iglesia Luterana Sínodo de Nicaragua)

* Nigeria

Lutheran Church of Nigeria[30]

* Norway

Lutheran Church in Norway (Den Lutherske Kirke i Norge)[31]
Evangelical Lutheran Diocese of Norway (Det evangelisk-lutherske stift i Norge)[22][2]

* Papua New Guinea

Gutnius Lutheran Church

* Paraguay

Evangelical Lutheran Church of Paraguay (Iglesia Evangélica Luterana del Paraguay)

* Philippines

Lutheran Church in the Philippines \- also a full member of the Lutheran World Federation

* Portugal

Portuguese Evangelical Lutheran Church[32]

* Russia

Evangelical Lutheran Church of Ingria (Евангелическая-лютеранская Церковь ИНГРИИ)[33] \- also a full member of the Lutheran World Federation
Siberian Evangelical Lutheran Church (Сибирская Евангелическо-Лютеранская Церковь)[34]

* South Africa

Free Evangelical Lutheran Synod in South Africa[35]
Lutheran Church in Southern Africa[36]

* Spain

Spanish Evangelical Lutheran Church (IELE)

* Sri Lanka

Ceylon Evangelical Lutheran Church,[19] replacement body for the Lanka Lutheran Church \- also a full member of the Lutheran World Federation

* Sweden

The Mission Province (Missionsprovinsen)[37][22][2] \- also a member of the Global Confessional and Missional Lutheran Forum

* Togo

Lutheran Church of Togo[38][2]

* Uganda

Lutheran Church of Uganda[39][2]

* United Kingdom

Evangelical Lutheran Church of England[40]

* United States of America

Lutheran Church–Missouri Synod
American Association of Lutheran Churches
Lutheran Ministerium and Synod – USA

* Uruguay

Lutheran Church of Uruguay[2]

* Venezuela

Lutheran Church of Venezuela (Iglesia Luterana de Venezuela)

### Associate members

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* Australia

Lutheran Church of Australia[41] \- also an associate member of the Lutheran World Federation
Note: Lutheran Church of New Zealand is a district of Lutheran Church of Australia

* Indonesia

Indonesian Lutheran Christian Church[2] \- also a member of the Global Confessional and Missional Lutheran Forum

* Peru

Evangelical Lutheran Church - Peru (Iglesia Evangélica Luterana - Perú) \- also a member of the Global Confessional and Missional Lutheran Forum (Note: this is not the same Lutheran denomination as Iglesia Evangélica Luterana en el Perú, known as Christuskirche, member of the Lutheran World Federation).

* Rwanda

Lutheran Mission in Africa—Synod of Thousand Hills[2]

* South Africa

St. Peter Confessional Lutheran Synod of South Africa[2]

* South Sudan

South Sudan Evangelical Lutheran Church[2]

* Taiwan

The Lutheran Church of the Republic of China[2] \- also a full member of the Lutheran World Federation

## See also

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* Christianity portal

* List of Lutheran denominations

## References

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1. ^ "2022 World Conference: ILC Welcomes New Members". 13 September 2022.
2. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p "ILC welcomes 17 new member churches representing 4,15 million Lutherans worldwide". International Lutheran Council. 26 September 2018.
3. ^ "2022 World Conference: Bishop Pohjola elected as ILC Chairman". 14 September 2022.
4. ^ Block, Mathew (13 September 2018). "Meetings between ILC and PCPCU continue". International Lutheran Council. Retrieved 28 December 2021.
5. ^ Block, Mathew (30 November 2021). "Final report on ILC-PCPCU conversations released". International Lutheran Council. Retrieved 28 December 2021.
6. ^ Pearce, E. Geo; Ahlers, Peter H. F. "International Lutheran Conference - Summary of International Conferences" (PDF). International Lutheran Council. Retrieved 27 December 2021.
7. ^ Pearce & Ahlers pp.8-10
8. ^ Pearce & Ahlers pp.15-6
9. ^ Constitution/Guiding Principles
10. ^ Block, Mathew (26 September 2022). "The ILC's 2022 World Conference in brief". International Lutheran Council. Retrieved 18 February 2023.
11. ^ Block, Mathew (23 February 2022). "ILC welcomes Latvians into membership". International Lutheran Council. Retrieved 18 February 2023.
12. ^ Block, Mathew (20 April 2017). "Former ILC Chairman enters into glory". International Lutheran Council. Retrieved 30 May 2023.
13. ^ "ILC Statements". International Lutheran Council. Retrieved 21 February 2023.
14. ^ Block, Mathew (26 September 2018). "ILC welcomes 17 new member churches representing 4.15 million Lutherans worldwide". International Lutheran Council. Retrieved 20 June 2023.
15. ^ "Argentina". International Lutheran Council. Retrieved 19 May 2023.
16. ^ "Belgium". International Lutheran Council. Retrieved 26 May 2023.
17. ^ "Benin". International Lutheran Council. Retrieved 26 May 2023.
18. ^ "Brazil". International Lutheran Council. Retrieved 19 May 2023.
19. ^ a b Block, Mathew (14 June 2023). "ILC welcomes Ethiopians and Sri Lankans into membership". International Lutheran Council. Retrieved 15 June 2023.
20. ^ "Denmark". International Lutheran Council. Retrieved 26 May 2023.
21. ^ "Finland". International Lutheran Council. Retrieved 19 May 2023.
22. ^ a b c Collver, Al (20 January 2016). "The Nordic Lutheran Dioceses and the International Lutheran Council Discuss Membership". ILC Online. Retrieved 9 May 2017.
23. ^ "France". International Lutheran Council. Retrieved 19 May 2023.
24. ^ "Germany". International Lutheran Council. Retrieved 19 May 2023.
25. ^ "Ghana". International Lutheran Council. Retrieved 26 May 2023.
26. ^ "Kenya (ELCK)". International Lutheran Council. Retrieved 26 May 2023.
27. ^ "Korea". International Lutheran Council. Retrieved 19 May 2023.
28. ^ "Latvia". International Lutheran Council. Retrieved 19 May 2023.
29. ^ "Madagascar". International Lutheran Council. Retrieved 19 May 2023.
30. ^ "Nigeria". International Lutheran Council. Retrieved 26 May 2023.
31. ^ "Norway and Iceland (LKNI)". International Lutheran Council. Retrieved 19 May 2023.
32. ^ "Portugal". International Lutheran Council. Retrieved 19 May 2023.
33. ^ "Russia (ELCIR)". International Lutheran Council. Retrieved 26 May 2023.
34. ^ "Russia (SELC)". International Lutheran Council. Retrieved 26 May 2023.
35. ^ "South Africa (FELSISA)". International Lutheran Council. Retrieved 26 May 2023.
36. ^ "South Africa (LCSA)". International Lutheran Council. Retrieved 26 May 2023.
37. ^ "Sweden". International Lutheran Council. Retrieved 19 May 2023.
38. ^ "Togo". International Lutheran Council. Retrieved 26 May 2023.
39. ^ "Uganda". International Lutheran Council. Retrieved 26 May 2023.
40. ^ "England". International Lutheran Council. Retrieved 26 May 2023.
41. ^ "Australia and New Zealand". International Lutheran Council. Retrieved 19 May 2023.

## External links

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* Official website

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Churches in the International Lutheran Council

Africa

| Benin|

* Lutheran Church in Africa – Benin Synod

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Burkina Faso|

* Evangelical Lutheran Church of Burkina Faso

Ghana|

* Evangelical Lutheran Church of Ghana

Kenya|

* Evangelical Lutheran Church in Kenya

Liberia|

* Evangelical Lutheran Church of Liberia

Madagascar|

* Malagasy Lutheran Church

Nigeria|

* The Lutheran Church of Nigeria

Rwanda|

* Lutheran Mission in Africa – Synod of Thousand Hills

South Africa|

* Free Evangelical Lutheran Synod in South Africa
* Lutheran Church in Southern Africa
* St. Peter Confessional Lutheran Synod of South Africa

South Sudan|

* South Sudan Evangelical Lutheran Church

Togo|

* Lutheran Church of Togo

Uganda|

* Lutheran Church of Uganda

Asia and Oceania

| Australia|

* Lutheran Church of Australia

|

China - Hong Kong|

* Lutheran Church-Hong Kong Synod

China - Taiwan|

* China Evangelical Lutheran Church
* The Lutheran Church of the Republic of China

India|

* India Evangelical Lutheran Church

Indonesia|

* Indonesian Lutheran Christian Church

Japan|

* Japan Lutheran Church

Myanmar|

* Myanmar Lutheran Church

South Korea|

* Lutheran Church in Korea

Papua New Guinea|

* Gutnius Lutheran Church

Philippines|

* Lutheran Church in the Philippines

Sri Lanka|

* Ceylon Evangelical Lutheran Church

Europe

| Belgium|

* Evangelical Lutheran Church – Synod of France and Belgium

|

Denmark|

* Evangelical Lutheran Free Church in Denmark

Finland|

* Evangelical Lutheran Mission Diocese of Finland

France|

* Evangelical Lutheran Church – Synod of France and Belgium

Germany|

* Independent Evangelical-Lutheran Church

Latvia|

* Evangelical Lutheran Church of Latvia

Norway|

* Lutheran Church in Norway
* Evangelical Lutheran Diocese of Norway

Portugal|

* Portuguese Evangelical Lutheran Church

Russia|

* Evangelical Lutheran Church of Ingria in Russia
* Siberian Evangelical Lutheran Church

Spain|

* Spanish Evangelical Lutheran Church

Sweden|

* Mission Province

United Kingdom|

* Evangelical Lutheran Church of England

Latin America

| Argentina|

* Evangelical Lutheran Church of Argentina

|

Bolivia|

* Christian Evangelical Lutheran Church of Bolivia

Brazil|

* Evangelical Lutheran Church of Brazil

Chile|

* Evangelical Lutheran Church of the Republic of Chile

Guatemala|

* Lutheran Church of Guatemala

Mexico|

* Lutheran Synod of Mexico

Nicaragua|

* Lutheran Church Synod of Nicaragua

Peru|

* Evangelical Lutheran Church – Peru*

Uruguay|

* Lutheran Church of Uruguay

Venezuela|

* Lutheran Church of Venezuela

North America

| Canada|

* Lutheran Church – Canada

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Haiti|

* Evangelical Lutheran Church of Haiti

United States|

* American Association of Lutheran Churches
* Lutheran Church – Missouri Synod
* Lutheran Ministerium and Synod – USA

* Confessional Evangelical Lutheran Conference
* Global Confessional and Missional Lutheran Forum
* International Lutheran Council
* The Lutheran World Federation

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