Lutheran Genealogy
Lutheran Synods
and Groups
LWF = Lutheran World Federation member
ILC = International Lutheran Council member
Largest Lutheran Groups In North America
These three groups comprise about 95% of North American Lutherans.
- ELCA - Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (LFW)
- LCMS - The Lutheran Church-Missouri Synod (ILC)
- WELS - Wisconsin Evangelical Lutheran Synod
Other Lutheran Groups in North America
- AFLC - Association of Free Lutheran Congregations
- ALCA - Apostolic Lutheran Church of America
- CLBA - Church of the Lutheran Brethren of America
- CLA- Conservative Lutheran Association
- CLC - Concordia Lutheran Conference
- CoLC - Church of the Lutheran Confession
- ELCIC - Evangelical Lutheran Church in Canada (LWF)
- ELCM - Evangelical Lutheran Conference and Ministerium
- ELS - Evangelical Lutheran Synod
- LCC - Lutheran Church - Canada (ILC)
- LCS - Lutheran Confessional Synod
- LMS-USA - The Lutheran Ministerium and Synod-United States of America
- RIM - Charismatic Movement within LCMS & Canada
- TAALC - The American Association of Lutheran Churches
Lutherans in Europe
- Austria - Evangelical Church of the Augsburg Confession in Austria (LWF; via Evangelical Church in Austria site)
- Belgium - Lutheran Church of Belgium: Arlon and Christian Mission in Brussels (LWF congregation; via Protestant Church in Belgium site)
- Belgium - Evangelical Lutheran Church in Belgium
- Denmark - Evangelical Lutheran Church in Denmark (LWF)
- Denmark - Evangelical Lutheran Free Church of Denmark (ILC)
- Estonia - Estonian Evangelical Lutheran Church(LWF)
- Finland - Evangelical Lutheran Church of Finland(LWF)
- Finland - Finnish Lutheran Free Church/Confessional Lutheran Church of Finland (ILC)
- France - Church of the Augsburg Confession of Alsace and Lorraine (LWF)
- Great Britain - Lutheran Council of Great Britain
- Germany - Evangelical Church in
Germany (EKD; The EKD is composed of the Evangelical Church
of the Union and 24 regional churches)
- Church of Lippe - Lutheran Section (LWF; via Church of Lippe site)
- Evangelical Church in Berlin-Brandenburg
- Evangelical Church in Hesse and Nassau
- Evangelical Church in Wurttemberg (LWF)
- Evangelical Church of Hessen Electorate-Waldeck
- Evangelical Church of Silesian Oberlausitz
- Evangelical Church of the Palatinate
- Evangelical Church of the Province of Saxony
- Evangelical Church of the Rheinland
- Evangelical Church of Westphalia
- Evangelical Lutheran Church in Bavaria (LWF)
- Evangelical Lutheran Church in Brunswick (LWF)
- Evangelical Lutheran Church in Oldenburg (LWF)
- Evangelical Lutheran Church of Hannover (LWF)
- Evangelical Lutheran Church of Schaumburg-Lippe (LWF)
- North Elbien Evangelical Lutheran Church (LWF)
- Germany - Evangelical Lutheran Free Church in Germany
- Germany - Independent Evangelical-Lutheran Church (ILC)
- Iceland - Evangelical Lutheran Church in Iceland (LWF)
- Latvia - Evangelical Lutheran Church of Latvia (LWF)
- Netherlands - Evangelical Lutheran Church in the Kingdom of the Netherlands (LWF)
- Norway - Church of Norway (LWF)
- Norway - Evangelical Lutheran Free Church of Norway (LWF associate)
- Poland - Evangelical Church of the Augsburg Confession in Poland (LWF)
- Romania - Evangelical Church of the Augsburg Confession in Romania (LWF; via Protestant Theological Institute, Kolozsvár - Cluj)
- Russian Federation & Commonwealth of Independent States - Evangelical Lutheran Church of Ingria in Russia (LWF)
- Russian Federation & Commonwealth of Independent States - Yekaterinburg Evangelical-Lutheran Consistory (Ind.)
- Slovak Republic - Evangelical Church of the Augsburg Confession in the Slovak Republic (LWF)
- Sweden - Church of Sweden (LWF)
- Sweden - Lutheran Confessional Church in Sweden and Norway (via St. Paul's, Uppsala/Stockholm)
Lutherans in Africa
- Madagascar - Malagasy Lutheran Church (LWF; via SALFA, the Health Department of the MLC)
- South Africa - Evangelical Lutheran Church in Southern Africa (LWF; via Joachim Schubert)
- South Africa - Evangelical Lutheran Church in Southern Africa (Cape Church) (LWF; via Joachim Schubert)
- South Africa - Evangelical Lutheran Church in Southern Africa (Natal-Transvaal) (LWF; via Joachim Schubert)
- South Africa - Free Evangelical-Lutheran Synod in South Africa (ILC)
- Tanzania - Evangelical Lutheran Church in Tanzania (LWF)
Lutherans in Latin America
- Argentina - Iglesia Evangélica Luterana Unida (United Evangelical Lutheran Church) (LWF)
- Brazil - Evangelical Church of the Lutheran Confession in Brazil (LWF)
- Brazil - Evangelical Lutheran Church of Brazil (ILC; via Igreja Evangélica Luterana da Esperança -- Brasilia/DF)
- El Salvador - Lutheran World Federation-Department for World Service
- El Salvador - IELCH Iglesia Evangélica Luterana en Chile
- Mexico - Lutheran Synod of Mexico (ILC; via All Saints Lutheran Church, Guadalajara, Mexico)
- Venezuela - Evangelical Lutheran Church in Venezuela (LWF)
Lutherans in Asia
- Hong Kong - The Lutheran Church - Hong Kong Synod (ILC)
- India - Andhra Evangelical Lutheran Church (LWF)
- India - Arcot Lutheran Church (LWF)
- India - Evangelical Lutheran Church in Madhya Pradesh (LWF)
- India - Gossner Evangelical Lutheran Church (LWF)
- India - India Evangelical Lutheran Church (LWF)
- India - South Andra Lutheran Church (LWF)
- India - Tamil Evangelical Lutheran Church (LWF)
- India - United Evangelical Lutheran Church in India (LWF) through Gurukul Lutheran Theological College & Research Institute
- Japan - Japan Evangelical Lutheran Church (LWF)
- Korea - Lutheran Church in Korea also LCK (LWF; ILC)
- Malaysia - Basel Christian Church of Malaysia (LWF)
- Middle East - Middle East Council of Churches
Lutherans in Australia and Oceania
- Lutheran Church of Australia (LWF associate)