The LCMS has partner churches around the world. A partner church is a church body with whom the LCMS has full altar and pulpit fellowship.
Many of these LCMS partner churches are also members of the International Lutheran Council, a worldwide association of confessional Lutheran churches.
Some of the LCMS partner churches were started from LCMS-supported mission efforts, while others have historic roots that go back before the founding of the LCMS or are mission efforts of other Lutheran synods.
Africa
Ghana
- Evangelical Lutheran Church of Ghana (ELCG)
Kenya
- Evangelical Lutheran Church in Kenya (ELCK)
Liberia
- Evangelical Lutheran Church of Liberia (ELCL)
Nigeria
- The Lutheran Church of Nigeria (LCN)
South Africa
- Confessional Lutheran Church of South Africa (CLCSA)
- Free Evangelical Lutheran Synod in South Africa (FELSISA)
- Lutheran Church in Southern Africa (LCSA)
Togo
- Lutheran Church of Togo (ELT)
Uganda
- Lutheran Church of Uganda (LCU)
Asia
Papua New Guinea
- Gutnius† Lutheran Church (GLC) (Papua New Guinea)
† Gutnius means “Good News”
Philippines
- The Lutheran Church in the Philippines (LCP)
Taiwan
- China Evangelical Lutheran Church (CELC)(Taiwan ROC)
Eurasia
France
- Evangelical Lutheran Church - Synod of France (EEL-SF)
India
- India Evangelical Lutheran Church (IELC)
Kazakhstan
- Evangelical Lutheran Church of Almaty
Lithuania
- Consistory of the Evangelical Lutheran Church of Lithuania (CELCL)
Russia
Ukraine
- Evangelical Lutheran Church of Ukraine (ELCU)
Latin America & the Caribbean
Bolivia
- Evangelical Christian Lutheran Church of Bolivia (ICEL)
Chile
- Confessional Lutheran Church of Chile (IELCHI)
Guatemala
- Lutheran Church of Guatemala (ILG)
Haiti
- Evangelical Lutheran Church of Haiti (ELCH)
Mexico
- Lutheran Synod of Mexico
Uruguay
- The Lutheran Church of Uruguay