Evangelical Lutheran Church of Brazil | |
Native Name: | Igreja Evangelica Luterana do Brasil |
Main Classification: | Protestant |
Orientation: | Lutheran |
Theology: | Confessional Lutheran |
Leader Title: | President |
Leader Name: | Rev. Geraldo Walmir Schüler |
Headquarters: | Porto Alegre, Brazil |
Founded Date: | 1980 |
Branched From: | Lutheran Church – Missouri Synod |
Area: | Brazil |
Congregations: | 1,496 |
Ministers: | 851 |
Members: | 243,093 baptized 189,970 confirmed[1] |
The Evangelical Lutheran Church of Brazil (IELB) is a Lutheran church, which was founded in 1904 in Rio Grande do Sul, a southern state in Brazil.
The IELB is a conservative, confessional Lutheran synod that holds to the Book of Concord. It started as a mission of the Lutheran Church – Missouri Synod and was the Brazilian District of that body. The IELB became an independent church body in 1980. It has about 243,093 members. The IELB is a member of the International Lutheran Council.