PARTNER CHURCH BODIES : The Lutheran Church—Missouri Synod has 34 partner churches around the world. A partner church is a church body with whom the LCMS has full altar and pulpit fellowship. Many LCMS partner churches are also members of the International Lutheran Council, a worldwide association of confessional Lutheran church bodies. Some LCMS partner churches came into existence through LCMS-supported mission efforts, while others have historic roots that pre-date the LCMS or that are sourced in the mission efforts of other Lutheran church bodies. Africa Evangelical Lutheran Church of Ghana (ELCG), Dr. Paul Kofi Fynn, President Evangelical Lutheran Church in Kenya (ELCK), Rev. Walter E. Obare, Presiding Bishop Evangelical Lutheran Church of Liberia (ELCL), Rev. Amos Bolay, Bishop The Lutheran Church of Nigeria (LCN), Rev. Christian Ekong, President Free Evangelical - Lutheran Synod in South Africa (FELSISA), Rev. Dr. Dieter Reinstorf, Bishop Lutheran Church in Southern Africa (LCSA), Rev. Dr. Wilhelm Weber, Bishop Asia China Evangelical Lutheran Church (CELC) (Taiwan ROC), Rev. Andrew Miao, President The Lutheran Church - Hong Kong Synod (LCHKS), Rev. Dr. Allan Yung, President India Evangelical Lutheran Church (IELC), Rev. J. Samuel, President Japan Lutheran Church (JLC), Rev. Yutaka Kumei, President Lutheran Church in Korea (LCK), Dr. Hyun Sub Um, President Gutnius* Lutheran Church (GLC) (Papua New Guinea), Rev. Nicodemus Aiyene, Head Bishop *Note: Gutnius means "Good News" The Lutheran Church in the Philippines (LCP), Rev. James D. Cerdeñola, President Lanka Lutheran Church (LLC) (Sri Lanka), Rev. Govindan Nadaraja, President Europe Evangelical Lutheran Church in Belgium (ELKB), Rev. Gijsbertus van Hattem, President (Evangelisch-Lutherse Kerk in België) Evangelical Lutheran Free Church in Denmark (ELFD), Rev. Leif G. Jensen, President (Den evangelisk-lutherske Frikirke i Danmark) The Evangelical Lutheran Church of England (ELCE), Rev. Jon Ehlers, Chairman Evangelical Lutheran Church - Synod of France (EEL-SF), Rev. Roger Jones, President (Église Évangélique Luthèrienne - Synode de France) Independent Evangelical - Lutheran Church (SELK-Germany), Rev. Hans-Jörg Voigt, Bishop (Selbständige Evangelisch-Lutherische Kirche) Evangelical Lutheran Church of Latvia (ELCL), Rev. Janis Vanags, Archbishop Consistory of the Evangelical Lutheran Church of Lithuania (CELCL), Rev. Mindaugas Sabutis, Bishop Portuguese Evangelical Lutheran Church, Rev. Adalberto Hiller, President (Igreja Evangélica Luterana Portuguesa) Evangelical Lutheran Church of Ingria in Russia (ELCIR), Rev. Arri Kugappi, Bishop Siberian Evangelical Lutheran Church (SELC), Rev. Vsevolod Lytkin, Bishop Latin America Evangelical Lutheran Church of Argentina (IELA), Rev. Carlos Nagel, President (Iglesia Evangélica Luterana Argentina) Evangelical Lutheran Church of Brazil (IELB), Rev. Egon Kopereck, President (Igreja Evangélica Luterana do Brasil) Confessional Lutheran Church of Chile (IELCHI), Rev. Cristian Rautenberg, President (Iglesia Luterana Confesional de Chile) Lutheran Church of Guatemala (ILG), Rev. Eduardo Bonilla Porras, President (Iglesia Luterana en Guatemala) Lutheran Synod of Mexico (SLM), Rev. Alvaro Lopez, Interim President (Sinodo Luterano de Mexico) The Evangelical Lutheran Church of Paraguay (IELP), Rev. Norberto Gerke, President (Iglesia Evangélica Luterana del Paraguay) Lutheran Church of Venezuela (ILV), Rev. J. Elias Lozano, President (Iglesia Luterana de Venezuela) North America Lutheran Church - Canada (LCC), Rev. Robert Bugbee, President The American Association of Lutheran Churches (TAALC), Rev. Franklin E. Hays, Presiding Pastor Evangelical Lutheran Church of Haiti (ELCH), Rev. Marky Kessa, President (Eglise Evangelique Lutherienne D’Haiti) The Lutheran Church-Missouri Synod (LCMS), Rev. Dr. Matthew C. Harrison, President
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