Evangelical Lutheran Church in Madhya Pradesh

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'''Evangelical Lutheran Church in Madhya Pradesh''' is a Church belonging to the Lutheran denomination in [[India]]. It has about 22,000 members.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.lutheranworld.org/directory/ASI/EvLuthCchinMadhyaPradesh-EN.html |title=Archived copy |access-date=March 13, 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100204123952/http://www.lutheranworld.org/Directory/ASI/EvLuthCchinMadhyaPradesh-EN.html |archive-date=February 4, 2010 }}</ref> The head office is situated in Chhindwara, Madhya Pradesh. It is affiliated with [[United Evangelical Lutheran Church in India]], [[National Council of Churches in India]], [[Lutheran World Federation]] and [[Christian Conference of Asia]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.lutheranworld.org/directory/ASI/EvLuthCchinMadhyaPradesh-EN.html |title=Archived copy |access-date=March 13, 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100204123952/http://www.lutheranworld.org/Directory/ASI/EvLuthCchinMadhyaPradesh-EN.html |archive-date=February 4, 2010 }}</ref>
It is currently led by Bishop Dr Emmanuel Panchoo.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.lutheranworld.org/directory/ASI/EvLuthCchinMadhyaPradesh-EN.html |title=Archived copy |access-date=March 13, 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100204123952/http://www.lutheranworld.org/Directory/ASI/EvLuthCchinMadhyaPradesh-EN.html |archive-date=February 4, 2010 }}</ref> It exists since 1926.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.gracelutheranchurch.ca/MMS_LuthHist.html |title=Archived copy |access-date=April 3, 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100115030325/http://www.gracelutheranchurch.ca/MMS_LuthHist.html |archive-date=January 15, 2010 }}</ref>
The other churches belonging to the [[United Evangelical Lutheran Church in India]] are:<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.the-uelci.org/member-churches.asp |title=Archived copy |access-date=July 28, 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110728091029/http://www.the-uelci.org/member-churches.asp |archive-date=July 28, 2011 }}</ref>
*[[Andhra Evangelical Lutheran Church]]
*[[Arcot Lutheran Church]]
*[[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]]
*[[South Andhra Lutheran Church]]
*[[Tamil Evangelical Lutheran Church]]

==References==
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==External links==
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20090605112647/http://www.uelci.org/index.asp Website of the United Evangelical Lutheran Church in India]

==See also==
* [[Adivasi]]
* [[Christianity in India]]
* [[Christianity in Madhya Pradesh]]

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