Taiwan Lutheran Church
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The Taiwan Lutheran Church (TLC; Chinese: 台灣信義會; pinyin: Táiwān Xìnyì Huì) is one of the six Lutheran bodies in Taiwan. It currently has 80 mission sites nationwide (including 40 local congregations, 30 church plants and 10 parachurch organizations) with a total of 11,422 baptized members.[2]
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Taiwan Lutheran Church | |
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Classification | Protestant |
Orientation | Lutheran |
Polity | Interdependent local, regional, and national expressions with modified episcopal polity |
Leader | Rev Chen Chih-Hung |
Associations | LWF,[1] ALC |
Region | Taiwan |
Origin | 1954 |
Branched from | Lutheran Church of China |
Congregations | 40 |
Members | 11,422 baptized |
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The current bishop of the Taiwan Lutheran Church is the Rt Rev Chen Chih-Hung, first elected in 2008.[3]