Evangelical Church of the Lutheran Confession in Brazil
A Lutheran church in Curitiba
ClassificationProtestant
OrientationLutheran
Presiding bishopSilvia Beatrice Genz
Associations
RegionBrazil
HeadquartersPorto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul
Origin1824
Members634,286
Official websitewww.luteranos.com.br

The Evangelical Church of the Lutheran Confession in Brazil (Igreja Evangélica de Confissão Luterana no Brasil) is a Lutheran denomination in Brazil. It is a member of the Lutheran World Federation, which it joined in 1952. It is a member of the Latin American Council of Churches, the National Council of Christian Churches and the World Council of Churches. The denomination has 1.02 million adherents[1] and 634,286 registered members.[2]

The church ordains women as ministers.[3] In 2011, the denomination released a pastoral letter accepting the Supreme Court's decision to allow same-sex civil marriage,[4][5] although religious same-sex marriages are not allowed in the denomination, neither does it ordain clergy who are living in same-sex unions.[6]

References

  1. ↑ "Brazil". worldmap.org. World Map. Archived from the original on February 15, 2016. Retrieved February 11, 2016.
  2. ↑ "Evangelical Church of the Lutheran Confession in Brazil". lutheranworld.org. Lutheran World Federation. Archived from the original on May 9, 2016. Retrieved July 23, 2020.
  3. ↑ Luteranos. "Luteranos - Igreja Luterana ordena primeira mulher pastora". Luteranos - Igreja Luterana ordena primeira mulher pastora. Archived from the original on 2016-06-11. Retrieved 2016-05-31.
  4. ↑ "IECLB publica carta pastoral sobre homossexualidade". www.ihu.unisinos.br (in Brazilian Portuguese). Archived from the original on 2016-03-03. Retrieved 2016-05-31.
  5. ↑ Guiame (2017-04-13). "IECLB publica carta pastoral sobre homossexualidade, Notícias Gospel". Guiame (in Brazilian Portuguese). Archived from the original on 2017-04-13. Retrieved 2017-04-13.
  6. ↑ "Posicionamento sobre homoafetividade". Portal Luteranos (in Brazilian Portuguese). Archived from the original on 2021-09-17. Retrieved 2021-09-17.


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