South Andhra Lutheran Church is a Christian denomination in India. It is Telugu-speaking.[1] It is led by Bishop Rev.E.Vijayabhasker, who was elected by an election.[2] It has tens of thousands of members.[2] It belongs to the Lutheran World Federation.[2] Several church lands which were given to the leaders by missionaries are being sold after decades. The other churches belonging to the United Evangelical Lutheran Church in India are:[3]
- Andhra Evangelical Lutheran Church
- Arcot Lutheran Church
- Evangelical Lutheran Church in Madhya Pradesh
- Evangelical Lutheran Church in the Himalayan States
- Good Samaritan Evangelical Lutheran Church
- Gossner Evangelical Lutheran Church in Chotanagpur and Assam
- Indian Evangelical Lutheran Church
- Jeypore Evangelical Lutheran Church
- Northern Evangelical Lutheran Church
- Tamil Evangelical Lutheran Church
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edit- ^ [1] Archived 15 January 2010 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ a b c "India". Lutheranworld.org. Retrieved 29 May 2012.
- ^ "United Evangelical Lutheran Church in India". Archived from the original on 28 July 2011. Retrieved 28 July 2011.