Q. Where can I find a listing of the various churches worldwide with whom the LCMS has altar and pulpit fellowship?

A.  The 32 church bodies that the LCMS is in fellowship with are:

AFRICA

Evangelical Lutheran Church of Ghana (ELCG)
     The Rt. Rev. Dr. Paul Kofi Fynn, President 

Evangelical Lutheran Church in Kenya (ELCK)
     The Most Rev. Walter E. Obare, Presiding Bishop

The Lutheran Church of Nigeria (LCN)
     The Most Rev. Christian Ekong, President

Free Evangelical - Lutheran Synod in South Africa (FELSISA)
     The Rev. Peter H. F. Ahlers, President

Lutheran Church in Southern Africa (LCSA)
     The Rev. Dr. David P. Tswaedi, Bishop


ASIA

China Evangelical Lutheran Church (CELC) (Taiwan ROC)
     The Rev. Richard Yi, President

The Lutheran Church - Hong Kong Synod (LCHKS)
     The Rev. Dr. Allan Yung, President

Japan Lutheran Church (JLC)
    The Rev. Yutaka Kumei, President

Lutheran Church in Korea (LCK)
     The Rev. Dr. Hyun Sub Um, President

India Evangelical Lutheran Church (IELC)
     The Rev. J. Samuel, President

Gutnius* Lutheran Church (GLC) (Papua New Guinea)
     The Rt. Rev. David P. Piso, Head Bishop
*Note: Gutnius mean "Good News"

The Lutheran Church in the Philippines (LCP)
     The Rev. James D. Cerdeñola, President

Lanka Lutheran Church (LLC) (Sri Lanka)
     The Rev. Govindan Nadaraja, President


EUROPE

Evangelical Lutheran Church in Belgium (ELFD)
     Pastor Gijsbertus van Hattem, President

Evangelical Lutheran Free Church in Denmark (ELFD)
     (Den evangelisk-lutherske Frikirke i Danmark)
     The Rev. Leif G. Jensen, President

The Evangelical Lutheran Church of England (ELCE)
     The Rev. Dr. Reginald Quirk, Chairman

Evangelical Lutheran Church - Synod of France (EEL-SF)
     (Église Évangélique Luthèrienne - Synode de France)    
     The Rev. Jean Thiébaut Haessig, President

Independent Evangelical - Lutheran Church (SELK-Germany) 
     (Selbständige Evangelisch-Lutherische Kirche)
     The Rev. Hans-Jörg Voigt, Bishop

Evangelical Lutheran Church of Latvia (ELCL) 
     The Rev. Janis Vanags, Archbishop

Consistory of the Evangelical Lutheran Church of Lithuania (CELCL)
     The Rev. Mindaugas Sabutis, Bishop

Portuguese Evangelical Lutheran Church
    The Rev. Jonas Roberto Flor, President

Evangelical Lutheran Church of Ingria in Russia (ELCIR)
     The Rev. Arri Kugappi, Bishop


LATIN AMERICA

Evangelical Lutheran Church of Argentina (IELA)
     (Iglesia Evangélica Luterana Argentina)
     The Rev. Edgardo Elseser, President

Evangelical Lutheran Church of Brazil (IELB)
     (Igreja Evangélica Luterana do Brasil)
     The Rev. Paulo Moisés Nerbas, President

Confessional Lutheran Church of Chile (IELCHI)
     The Rev. Carlos Oscar Schumann, President

Lutheran Church of Guatemala (ILG)
     (Iglesia Luterana en Guatemala)
     The Rev. Ignacio Juan Chan cux, President

Lutheran Synod of Mexico (SLM)
     (Sinodo Luterano de Mexico) 
     The Rev. Isaac Garcia, President

The Evangelical Lutheran Church of Paraguay (IELP)
     (Iglesia Evangélica Luterana del Paraguay)
     The Rev. Eugenio Wentzel, President

Lutheran Church of Venezuela (ILV)
     (Iglesia Luterana de Venezuela)
     The Rev. Adrián Ventura, President


NORTH AMERICA

Lutheran Church - Canada (LC-C)
     The Rev. Robert Bugbee, President

The American Association of Lutheran Churches (AALC)
     The Rev. Franklin E. Hays, Presiding Pastor

The Evangelical Lutheran Church of Haiti (ELCH) 
     (Eglise Evangelique Lutherienne D’Haiti)
     The Rev. Marky Kessa, President

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